CHAPTER V.
"It Is Impossible" Down at Matching Lady Mary's life was very dull after Mrs.Finn had left her.

She had a horse to ride, but had no one to ride with her.
She had a carriage in which to be driven, but no one to be driven with her, and no special places whither to go.

Her father would walk daily for two hours, and she would accompany him when he encouraged her to do so; but she had an idea that he preferred taking his walks alone, and when they were together there was no feeling of confidence between them.

There could be none on her part, as she knew that she was keeping back information which he was entitled to possess.

On this matter she received two letters from Mrs.Finn, in the first of which she was told that Mr.Tregear intended to present himself at Matching within a few days, and was advised in the same letter not to endeavour to see her lover on that occasion; and then, in the second she was informed that this interview with her father was to be sought not at Matching but in London.