"Why?" said Constance.
"I have never felt the want of it," said Fleda, simply.
"When are you going?" said Constance, after a minute's pause.
"By the 'Europa.' "
"But this is a very sudden move?"
"Yes; very sudden."
"I should think you would want a little time to make preparations."
"That is all happily taken off my hands," said Fleda. "Mrs. Carleton has written to her sister in England to take care of it for me."
"I didn't know that Mrs. Carleton had a sister. What's her name?"
"Lady Peterborough."