'But what can she want?'
'She would not say—it was a private matter, she admitted.'
'Very odd.'
'She is most anxious to see your ladyship.'
'It is some begging petition, of course,' said Shafto; 'desire her to be off.'
'It may be so, sir.'
'Then show her the door.'
'She seems very respectable, sir,' urged the valet.
'But poor—the old story.'
'Show her in,' said Lady Fettercairn.