She seemed quite flabbergasted.

Mother got up and sailed--that is the way that mother moves when she is in a wax--out of the room.
Lest I should forget it, let me say here that the dismissed housekeeper was engaged the very next day by the Countess of Salop.

I may say in explanation that the Earl of Salop, K.G., who is Lord-Lieutenant of the County, is jealous of father's position and his growing influence.
Father is going to contest the next election on the Conservative side, and is sure to be made a Baronet before long.
_Letter from Major-General Sir Colin Alexander MacKelpie_, _V.C._, _K.C.B._, _of Croom_, _Ross_, _N.B._, _to Rupert Sent Leger_, _Esq._, 14, _Newland Park_, _Dulwich_, _London_, _S.E._ _July_ 4, 1892.
MY DEAR GODSON, I am truly sorry I am unable to agree with your request that I should acquiesce in your desire to transfer to Miss Janet MacKelpie the property bequeathed to you by your mother, of which property I am a trustee.

Let me say at once that, had it been possible to me to do so, I should have held it a privilege to further such a wish--not because the beneficiare whom you would create is a near kinswoman of my own.

That, in truth, is my real difficulty.