"What of that?"
"Her aunt is with her."
"Send her away. I will not see her. Tell her I am too ill to see anybody."
"Mr. Cornwall is with her."
His fretfulness vanished; he became calm and cool and collected.
"Mr. Cornwall the lawyer?"
"Yes."
"Has he asked to see me?"
"He has come for that purpose."
"And Phœbe's aunt too?"