“What happened then?” said Amethyst, pale and horror-struck.
“Sir Richard took him down-stairs, and he called out that he wouldn’t be insulted, even if Grattan had lent him money.”
“What?” interrupted Amethyst.
“Why, didn’t you guess? I did. Indeed I heard my lady say so. How could Charles have shown up, else? It will be all right, I suppose, when he marries you.”
“I never thought of such a thing,” said Amethyst, utterly thrown off her balance.
“You’re very innocent still, Amethyst,” said Tory, recovering her usual manner, “you’ll never be the same as if my lady had brought you up. Why, if Charles is the only person Sir Richard gave money to, to get us all up here—which I doubt—you may be quite sure he won’t be the last.”
Tory was not an impressionable person, but she never forgot Amethyst’s face, as she turned and fled back into Una’s room.