“Well, dear,” said Fanny, “what did he say to you?”
“Something that has surprised and puzzled me very much.” She then related the whole conversation, with her usual precision.
Ina Klosking observed quietly to Fanny that this did not look like successful wooing.
“I don't know that,” said Fanny, stoutly. “Oh, Miss Gale, did you not ask him about her?”
“Certainly I did; and he said she was better than when she first came.”
“There!” said Fanny, triumphantly.
Miss Gale gave her a little pinch, and she dropped the subject.
Vizard returned, and found Mademoiselle Klosking walking on his gravel. He offered her his arm, and was a happy man, parading her very slowly, and supporting her steps, and purring his congratulations into her ear. “Suppose I were to invite you to dinner, what would you say?”
“I think I should say, 'To-morrow.'”
“And a very good answer, too. To-morrow shall be a fete.”