"Everything about you is of the greatest importance to me, I suppose you know that."
"It may be so or it may not be so. You have scarcely noticed me for nearly a week. I am going to London. There, I hope, I shall receive a little more love and attention."
"But you are not going to London."
"I am going to London. I have written to Lady Harlow saying I would be with her on next Monday evening."
"Write to Lady Harlow at once and tell her you will not be able to leave home."
"That is no excuse for breaking my word."
"Tell her I, your husband, need you here. No other excuse is necessary."
Jane laughed as if she was highly amused. "Does 'I, my husband,' expect Lady Harlow and Jane Hatton to change their plans for his whim?"
"Not for any whim of mine, Jane, would I ask you to change your plans. I have heard something