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Mary was enchanted with this new vocabulary, and wanted to have every word explained to her; but Maulevrier confessed that there was a good deal that was unexplainable. The evening was much livelier than those summer evenings when the dowager and Lady Lesbia were present.
They carried Lady Maulevrier to her bed and laid her there, like a figure carved out of stone. She was not unconscious. Her eyes were open, and she moaned every now and then as if in bodily or mental pain. Once she tried to speak, but had no power to shape a syllable aright, and ended with a shuddering sigh.
Grandmother thought Lesbia looking pale and out of spirits, and packed her off to the seaside at a minute's notice. 'What! She has left Fellside? asked Hammond, paling suddenly, as if a man had struck him. 'Lady Maulevrier, do I understand that Lady Lesbia has gone away? He asked the question in an authoritative tone, with the air of a man who had a right to be answered.
Now, however, there had come a time when Lesbia must have a complete change of scenery and surroundings, lest she should pine and dwindle in sullen submission to fate, or else defy the world and elope with John Hammond. Now, therefore, Lady Maulevrier decided to accept Lady Kirkbank's hospitality.
And how much or how little these two men could tell her about himself or his past life was the question which the next few minutes would solve. 'I am not going back with you, answered Lesbia. 'I am going to Havre with Don Gomez de Montesma. We are to be married there as soon as we arrive. 'To be married at Havre, cried Maulevrier. 'An appropriate place.
Lady Maulevrier had given her granddaughter some old-fashioned ornaments, topaz, amethysts, turquoise jewels that had belonged to dead and gone Talmashes and Angersthorpes to be reset.
People laughed much at this, and these words were a standing reproach to the soft-spoken Abbe. One of the means by which the Abbe gained the favour of the King was by being the lover of Madame du Maine. His success at length was great in every direction. He even envied the situations of Nangis and Maulevrier; and sought to participate in the same happiness. He took the same road.
She never appeared at the board when Lady Maulevrier was present, but in her ladyship's absence Miss Müller was guardian of the proprieties. She was a stout, kindly creature, and by no means a formidable dragon. When the gong sounded, John Hammond went into the dining-room, where he found Miss Müller seated alone in front of the urn.
It was possible nay, probable that in those days Lady Maulevrier would herself re-appear in society, establish her salon, and draw around her closing years all that is wittiest, best, and wisest in the great world.
Fräulein was perfectly aware that her mission upon this particular afternoon was not to let Lady Lesbia out of her sight for an instant, to hear every word the young lady said, and every word Mr. Hammond addressed to her. She had received no specific instructions from Lady Maulevrier.
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