"That was right. That was very right. I'm so glad of that. But who would doubt that you would show a proper spirit? And what did he say?"
"Not much, indeed."
"I won't trouble you about him. I don't in the least doubt but all that will come right. And what sort of man is Sir Anthony?"
"A common-place sort of a man; very gouty, and with none of his wife's strength. I liked him the best of them all."
"Because you saw the least of him, I suppose."
"He was kind in his manner to me."
"And they were like she-dragons. I understand it all, and can see them just as though I had been there. I felt that I knew what would come of it when you first told me that you were going to Aylmer Park. I did, indeed. I could have prophesied it all."
"What a pity you did not."
"It would have done no good;—and your going there has done good. It has opened your eyes to more than one thing, I don't doubt. But tell me,—have you told them in Norfolk that you were coming here?"
"No;—I have not written to my cousin."