"You'll soon get used to that, my dear."
"And as for poor young Mr. Orme—"
"As for poor young Mr. Orme, as you call him, he will not die of a broken heart. Poor young Mr. Orme has all the world before him and will soon console himself."
"But he is so attached to her. And then The Cleeve is so near."
"We must give up all that, my dear."
"Very well," said Lady Staveley; and from that moment it may be said that she had given in her adhesion to the Graham connection. When some time after she gave her orders to Baker as to preparing a room for Mr. Graham, it was made quite clear to that excellent woman by her mistress's manner and anxiety as to the airing of the sheets, that Miss Madeline was to have her own way in the matter.
But long previous to these preparations Madeline and her mother had discussed the matter fully. "Papa says that Mr. Graham is to come here for the assize week," said Lady Staveley.
"Yes; so he told me," Madeline replied, very bashfully.
"I suppose it's all for the best."
"I hope it is," said Madeline. What could she do but hope so?