"That is just what we are not. There are 1,133,500 females in England——"
"You had better go and hear it all at the Disabilities, Lady George," said Guss. Lady George said that she would like to go for once, and so that matter was settled.
While Aunt Ju was pouring out the violence of her doctrine upon the Dean, whom she contrived to catch in a corner just before she left the house, Guss Mildmay had a little conversation on her own part with Lady George. "Captain De Baron," she said, "is an old friend of yours, I suppose." She, however, had known very well that Jack had never seen Lady George till within the last month.
"No, indeed; I never saw him till the other day."
"I thought you seemed to be intimate. And then the Houghtons and the De Barons and the Germains are all Brothershire people."
"I knew Mrs. Houghton's father, of course, a little; but I never saw Captain De Baron." This she said rather seriously, remembering what Mrs. Houghton had said to her of the love affair between this young lady and the Captain in question.
"I thought you seemed to know him the other night, and I saw you riding with him."
"He was with his cousin Adelaide,—not with us."
"I don't think he cares much for Adelaide. Do you like him?"
"Yes, I do; very much. He seems to be so gay."