"Do you know him?"
"But his name!"
"Do me the favour to look at me. Captain Gambier."
"It is!"
Captain Gambier's face was resolutely kept in profile to her.
"I hear a rumour," said Lady Gosstre to Arabella, "that you think of bidding for the Besworth estate. Are you tired of Brookfield?"
"Not tired; but Brookfield is modern, and I confess that Besworth has won my heart."
"I shall congratulate myself on having you nearer neighbours. Have you many, or any rivals?"
"There is some talk of the Tinleys wishing to purchase it. I cannot see why."
"What people are they?" asked Lady Charlotte. "Do they hunt?"