"Fortunately! But you have not told me why you dismissed Hawkhurst and his coronet."
"I wouldn't have him if he had ten coronets. I wouldn't have any one."
"Do you intend never to marry, Miss Georgina?"
"Never, never. Papa and mamma have no one but me, and I shall not leave them."
Her blushes were conspicuous even in the moonlight. But she raised her head, as if in defiance of the emotion, and looked straight out before her.
"So you did see Sarah as you came through London! She has made a good marriage, has she not?"
"Very good, in all senses of the word. She has rank, wealth; and her husband, for a Viscount, is really a superior man."
"For a Viscount! What next? Is Sarah as beautiful as ever?"
"Well--no. She was both thin and pale. She'll get up her looks again by-and-by, I dare say."
"I'm sure she's happy, and that's the chief thing. They are to come to us at Westerbury next winter. Talking of Westerbury," continued Georgina, "Rose Darling had a letter from Westerbury this morning."