"I did not look at them. I was thinking more of her and of Lucius."
"Lucius was there?"
"Yes; he sat next to her. And Sir Richard said, while he was telling the story, that he wished her son were not there to hear it. Upon my word, sir, I almost wished so too."
"Poor fellow,—poor fellow! It would have been better for him to stay away."
"And yet had it been my mother—"
"Your mother, Perry! It could not have been your mother. She could not have been so placed."
"If it be Lady Mason's misfortune, and not her fault—"
"Ah, well; we will not talk about that. And there will be two days more you say?"
"So said Aram, the attorney."
"God help her;—may God help her! It would be very dreadful for a man, but for a woman the burden is insupportable."