"I heard that too. I don't know whether he'll come now. To see him brought in between two servants you'd think that he couldn't move."
"But they told you he goes out every night?"
"I've no doubt that is true."
"I don't understand it all," said Lady Sarah. "What is he to gain by pretending. And so they used to quarrel."
"I tell you what the woman told me."
"I've no doubt it's true. And she has gone and taken Popenjoy? Did he say anything about Popenjoy?"
"Not a word," said Lord George.
"It's quite possible that the Dean may have been right all through. What terrible mischief a man may do when he throws all idea of duty to the winds! If I were you, George, I should just go on as though I had not seen him at all."
That was the decision to which Lord George came, but in that he was soon shaken by a letter which he received from Mr. Knox. "I
think if you were to go up to London and see your brother it would have a good effect," said Mr. Knox. In fact Mr. Knox's letter contained little more than a petition that Lord George would pay another visit to the Marquis. To this request, after consultation with his sister, he gave a positive refusal.