"Her Grace's servant waits to see if there is any answer," said the waiter, very respectfully.
Grace wrote,
"Dear Duchess of Mallington,
"You are very kind, and I beg to thank you and the Duke very much. Yes, I shall be very grateful to you for so befriending me; it is good of you, who know me so little; of course it is also good of your nephew.
"Yours truly,
"Grace Rivers."
"My dear Grace, now all is most delightfully arranged," said Lady Lyons; "now it will not be in a corner."
"The place is not changed," said Grace. "I told you before I did not mean a corner."
"You do take everything so much as a matter of course," said Lady Lyons, irritably.
"How ought I to take things? Ought I to laugh or cry? Tell me what is the proper thing to do?"
"You might be a little pleased."
"I am very much pleased. I think the Duchess is very kind."
"She must have taken a fancy to you, my dear."