Rosalie laughed, despite a very uneasy feeling in her mind.
“Do you ever have company here?”
“Yes. Last Christmas there was a ball, and we had two or three dinner parties and entertainments. Lady Flamington generally acts as hostess. She and Sir James are very friendly with Mr. Barringcourt.”
“What is she like?”
“Very beautiful, I think, with very pleasing manners. She must be so to please the Master; he is so hard to please.”
“Perhaps she has a secret?”
“Oh, no; I hardly think so. He makes a convenience of her.”
“Good gracious!” and Rosalie laughed. “You don’t give him an enviable character.”
“I speak as truthfully as my perceptions allow me; but at times I may be wrong.”
“And does she not resent being made a convenience of?”