"I was bound to do so."
"And what did he say, mamma?"
"He did not like it, and told me that he did not like it;—but he admitted that it was true. He admitted that his son was no fitting intimate for Lady Anna Lovel."
"What should we have done without him?"
"Badly indeed; but that cannot change his duty, or ours. He is helping us to struggle for that which is our own; but he would mar his generosity if he put a taint on that which he is endeavouring to restore to us."
"Put a taint, mamma!"
"Yes;—a taint would rest upon your rank if you as Lady Anna Lovel were familiar with Daniel Thwaite as with an equal. His father understands it, and will speak to him."
"Mamma, Daniel will be very angry."
"Then will he be very unreasonable;—but, Anna, I will not have you call him Daniel any more."