“But very slowly—too slowly for me.”
“That can't be helped. You must control your impatience, dear aunt.”
“I didn't count on this delay. I expected the matter would be concluded in a week. I think I shall consult Sir Bridgnorth Charlton. If any one is in young Calverley's secrets, he is.”
“But he won't betray them.”
“He may give me some advice.”
“His advice will be exactly the same as mine. He will recommend you to keep quiet. I really don't see any occasion for alarm. Things appear to me to be going on very well—if you could only think so. Cour-land won't be driven.”
“Mildred Calverley is decidedly in the way. Pm very sorry I invited her.”
“Perhaps it was a mistake. However, she can't be got rid of now.”
“And Pm not sure Emmeline would have come without her.”
A slight pause ensued, after which Lady Thicknesse said:—“By-the-by, your brother Charles is coming to town. I've just got a letter from him. I think I shall ask him to stay with me for a week. Is he really going to marry Mrs. Calverley? He says nothing about her.”