However, as your father is coming to London, I need not go down to Matching." "You don't mean to say that you were going to Matching ?" "I had intended to beard the lion in his country den; but now the lion will find me in his own town den, and I must beard him here." Then Tregear wrote a most chilling note to Mrs.Finn, informing her with great precision, that, as the Duke of Omnium intended to be in town one day next week, he would postpone the performance of his promise for a day or two beyond the allotted time..