'I do wish, Lyddy. I'm sorry you left it till now. Why did you think it better to leave it?'
'I don't quite know,' the other said, with embarrassment. 'It seemed strange that you wanted to see him.'
'Yes, I wish to.'
'Then I'll go down in a few minutes and tell him.'
They ceased speaking. Lydia had knelt by her sister, her arm about her. Thyrza still trembled a little, but was growing more composed. Presently she bent and kissed Lydia's hair.
'You didn't believe me when I said I should come,' she whispered, smiling for the first time.
'Are you sure you ought to have come? Would Mrs. Ormonde mind?'
'I am quite free, Lyddy. I can do as I like. I would come in daylight, only perhaps it would be disagreeable for you, if people saw me. I know they have given me a bad name.'
'No one that we need to care about, Thyrza.'
'Gilbert has no such thoughts now?'