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Thereby hangs some tale, I feel sure." "Why, yes," said Lord Robert, and he held her hand. Then he looked at me with his eyebrow up. "But won't you introduce me to Miss Travers? To my great surprise she seems to have forgotten me." I laughed, and Lady Verningham introduced us, and he sat down beside us, and every one began tea. Lady Verningham had such a look in her eye!
Sir Charles Verningham is in Paris, by-the-way, so I have not seen him yet. Lord Robert was stroking the hair of the eldest angel, who had not gone to bed. The loveliest thing she is, and so polite, and different to Mary Mackintosh's infants. He introduced Mr. Campion stiffly, and returned to Mildred the angel.
"Hello, Bob!" said Mr. Carruthers, cheerfully. "Ages since I saw you. Will you come and dine to-night? I have a box for this winter opera that is on, and I am trying to persuade Miss Travers to come. She says Lady Verningham is not engaged to-night, she knows, and we might dine quietly and all go; don't you think so?"
"Lady Verningham kindly asked me to spend a few days with her when we left Tryland," I said, demurely. "Oh, you are staying here! Well, I was over at Tryland the day before yesterday an elaborate invitation from Lady Katherine to 'dine and sleep quietly, which I only accepted as I thought I should see you." "How good of you," I said, sweetly.
He is not the least rude, only perfectly simple and direct, always getting just what he wants, with rather an appealing expression in his blue eyes. In a minute or two he and I were talking together, and Malcolm and Lady Verningham a few yards off. I felt so happy. He makes one like that, I don't know for what reason. "Why did you look so stonily indifferent when I came up?" he asked.
I do not much care to look back to the rest of my stay at Tryland. It is an unpleasant memory. That next day after I last wrote, it poured with rain, and every one came down cross to breakfast. The whole party appeared, except Lady Verningham, and breakfast was just as stiff and boring as dinner. I happened to be seated when Lord Robert came in, and Malcolm was in the place beside me.
"And did they not tell you I had gone with Lady Verningham?" "Nothing of the kind. They merely announced that you had departed for London, so I supposed it was your original design of Claridge's, and I intended going round there some time to find you." Again I said it was so good of him, and I looked down. He did not speak for a second or two, and I remained perfectly still.
"You impossible little witch." He came closer. "Yes, Lady Verningham says I am a witch, and a snake, and all sorts of bad, attractive things, and I want to go somewhere where I shall be able to show these qualities. England is dull. What do you think of Paris?" Oh, it did amuse me launching forth these remarks; they would never come into my head for any one else!
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