She was a Bainbridge, and you’ll hear her thank God for it frequently.
[Archibald Insoley and Henry Cobbett come in. Archibald is a pleasant, good-looking man of thirty-four, with a humorous way about him, and a kindly expression. He holds the family living of Kenyon-Fulton, but there is nothing in him of the sanctimoniousness of the cloth. Cobbett is an agreeable youth of four-and-twenty. They are followed by Claude Insoley.
Cobbett.
[Seeing Edith Lewis at the window.] Are you going out?
Edith.
Grace.
I’ve been preparing Miss Lewis for your mother’s arrival.
Edith.
I’m beginning to tremble in my shoes.