"A very silly, girlish compact."
"Very."
"Why do they not break it by mutual consent?"
"Because mutual consent can not be had. Miss Cavendish indeed offers to release Miss Lytton from her promise; but Miss Lytton refuses to be released. And although her clerical lover presses her to name an earlier day, she will name no other than the day upon which Miss Cavendish also weds, be that day sooner or later."
"So it is settled that they will be married upon the same day?"
"Quite settled."
"How do you know?"
"Everything is known in a little country town like Wendover, as I said before."
"They will be married the same day. Better and better. If I had arranged it all myself it could not be better for my plans," muttered Mary Grey to herself.
"What did you say?" inquired Craven Kyte.