“So I have. Sir Ralph, will you dine here to-morrow night and we can go somewhere? I won’t ask you, dear,” she said to her husband, “for you would not be amused.”
“Many thanks, I will come at eight to-morrow,” said Sir Ralph. “Good-bye.”
“Tell me about yourself,” said Lily to Mr. Wainbridge. “How are you?”
Mr. Herbert left them alone.
“I am very well. I want you to help me.”
“To help you?”
“Will you try to get Miss Archer to come back to town? I cannot go to Derbyshire to see her.”
“You want to see her?”
“Very much.”
“I will do what I can. You want to marry her?”