“Do you think so? Well, so do I; that is, I know he can interest one. He has been almost everywhere, and he tells things rather pleasantly.”
Before they could go any further, Vivian Darnley, turning from the window toward the two young ladies, said—“I've just been saying that we must try to persuade Lady May to get up that party to the Derby.”
“I can place a drag at her disposal,” said Mr. Longcluse.
“And a splendid team—I saw them,” threw in Darnley.
“There's nothing I should like so much,” said Alice. “I've never been to the Derby. What do you say, Grace? Can you manage Uncle David?”
“I'll try,” said the young lady gaily.
“We must all set upon Lady May,” said Alice. “She is so good-natured, she can't resist us.”
“Suppose we begin now?” suggested Darnley.
“Hadn't we better wait till we have her quite to ourselves? Who knows what your papa and your uncle might say?” said Grace Maubray, turning to Alice. “I vote for saying nothing to them until Lady May has settled, and then they must only submit.”
“I agree with you quite,” said Alice laughing.