GERALD.
Aunt Caroline! [A little nervously.]
COLONEL.
I came to announce her visit.
SYLVESTER.
Lady Wargrave has returned to England?
COLONEL.
After ten years’ absence. She has been travelling for her health, which was never too robust; and since Sir Oriel’s death, she has been more or less a wanderer.
GERALD.
I knew she had arrived, but I postponed presenting myself till I was summoned. My aunt has the kindest of hearts——