“Lord Wynderbroke is going.”
“Oh! of course he is.”
“I don't think Mr. David Arden likes it; but, of course, it is no business of his if other people are pleased. I wonder you did not hear all this from Richard Arden, you and he are so intimate.”
So said the young lady, looking very innocent. But I think she suspected more than she said.
“No, I did not hear it,” he said carelessly; “or, if I did, I forgot it. But do you blame the young lady?”
“Blame her! not at all. Besides, I am not so sure that she knows.”
“Because I think she likes quite another person.”
“Really! And who is he?”
“Can't you guess?”