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"Yes and I hope I have made a friend for life," Mrs. Romsey said with enthusiasm. "And so do I," Lady Myrie added. Mr. Romsey went on with his inquiries. "Is she a handsome woman?" Both the ladies answered the question together. Lady Myrie described Mrs. Norman, in one dreadful word, as "Classical." By comparison with this, Mrs. Romsey's reply was intelligible.
An impulse of curiosity struggled through the gloom and apprehension of Lord Romsey's manner. He gazed at his visitor with knitted brows. "Who are you?" he demanded. "An Englishman?" "It is of no consequence," was the colourless reply. "But it is of consequence," Lord Romsey insisted. "You have dared to proclaim yourself an ambassador to me from a country with whom England is at war.
Romsey's wife appealed to him in despair. "What am I to do?" she asked, helplessly. "Do nothing," was the wise reply. "Didn't you say she was going away to-morrow?" "That's the worst of it!" Mrs. Romsey declared. "Her little girl Kitty gives a farewell dinner to-morrow to our children; and I've promised to take them to say good-by." Lady Myrie pronounced sentence without hesitation.
Romsey's allusion, and she looked at him pointedly as she spoke. There are some impenetrable men on whom looks produce no impression. Mr. Romsey was one of them. He turned to his wife, and said, quietly: "What I mean is, that I know more of Mrs. Norman than you do. I have heard of her never mind how or where. She is a lady who has been celebrated in the newspapers. Don't be alarmed.
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