"I did not mean to be heard. Prue Valentine asks me again to pay them a visit."
"Where are the Valentines?"
"In London. Close to Felix. I should see him too."
"Well, go, if you like. Why not?"
"You always said I could not. I thought it would be the same now."
"Go, and welcome." Theodosia spoke shortly.
"But the journey. I have no money."
Theodosia sneered.
"Perhaps you meant to spend part of the twenty pounds in that way."
Lettice neither flushed nor whitened. She had reached a stage beyond such demonstrations. Her clear eyes looked into Mrs. Bryant's.