Mr.Carlyle turned aside to tell his sister.
"Cornelia, I shall not be home to dinner; I am going with Lord Mount Severn.

Good-day, Barbara." Mr.Carlyle stepped into the carriage, was followed by the earl, and it drove away.

The sun shone still, but the day's brightness had gone out for Barbara Hare.
"How does he know the earl so well?
How does he know Lady Isabel ?" she reiterated in her astonishment.
"Archibald knows something of most people," replied Miss Corny.

"He saw the earl frequently, when he was in town in the spring, and Lady Isabel once or twice.

What a lovely face hers is!" Barbara made no reply.