"Yet Sarah is very unlike me," said Lady Roos.
"That only shows how deceptive appearances are, chuck, and how little we ought to trust to them," observed Lord Roos.
"How can you suffer yourself to be thus duped, Elizabeth?" said Lady Lake.
"Because her ladyship would rather believe me than you, Madam," rejoined Lord Roos. "But she is not duped."
"Heaven forgive him!" exclaimed Diego, aside.
"And supposing it were Gillian, how would the case be mended, as far as you are concerned, Elizabeth?" said Lady Lake. "Are you not as much injured by one as by the other?"
"It may be," replied her daughter, "but I am jealous only of the Countess. I would kneel to any other woman, and thank her, who would tear my husband from her embraces!"
"Weak fool! I disown you," exclaimed Lady Lake, angrily.
"What a wife!" cried Diego, apart. "His lordship is quite unworthy of her. Now I should appreciate such devotion."
At this juncture there was a slight movement on the part of Lady Exeter, and something like a sigh escaped her.