“She had been told so by somebody.”
“Somebody!—that eternal scandal-monger Lady Katrine, I suppose.”
“No—not Lady Katrine,” said Cecilia; “but I am not at liberty to tell you whom.”
“No matter; but Miss Stanley is not a fool; she could not believe somebody or anybody, contrary to common sense.”
“No, but Beauclerc did not come quite to proposing—and you know she had been blamed for refusing Mr. Churchill before she was asked—and in short—in love, people do not always know what they are about.”
“I do not understand one word of it,” said the general; “nor I am sure do you, my dear Cecilia.”
“Yes, I really do, but——”
“My dear Cecilia, I assure you it is always best to let people settle their love affairs their own way.”
“Yes, certainly—I would not interfere in the least—only to get Granville back again—and then let them settle it their own way. Cannot you call at Old Forest?”
“No.”