"Yes."
"Remember, if I come, I shall expect you to tell me everything?"
"You will?"
"I am not certain; I can let you know when you do come."
"Thank you; you have lifted a great weight from my heart."
A moment later Franks appeared with a very learned lady, a Miss Melchister, who asked to be introduced to Florence.
"I have a crow to pluck with you, Miss Aylmer," she said.
"What is that?" asked Florence.
"How dare you give yourself and your sisters away? Do you know that you were very cruel when you wrote that extremely clever paper in the General Review?"