Esmeralda laughed again.
“I don’t think Trafford has made any plans; but you seem to have thought it all out.”
“My dear, I thought it all out from the beginning,” said Lady Wyndover, with a smile. “You don’t know how hard and cleverly I’ve worked to bring about this match of yours.”
Esmeralda looked rather startled.
“I don’t understand,” she said. “Why should you?” and her brows came straight.
Lady Wyndover was always a little frightened when Esmeralda wore that expression.
“Never mind, dear,” she said. “You have been the sweetest and dearest of girls, and I am very fond and very proud of you,” and she kissed her affectionately.
[CHAPTER XX.]
The preparations commenced at once, and they were so vast as to fill Esmeralda with amazement.