But she says Miss Trent's very anxious to go instead of her.

What do you think of it ?' Grail reflected.

The plan pleased him on the whole, though he had just a doubt whether Thyrza ought to travel by herself.
'I see no reason why she shouldn't,' he said.

'It'll be a pleasure to her, and I shall be glad to have her do you the kindness.' 'Then could I see her before Saturday ?' 'Come in to-morrow night, will you ?' The second course of lectures was at an end.

Egremont had only delivered one a week since Christmas, and even so it cost him no little effort to spread his 'Thoughts for the Present' over the three months, Latterly he had blended a good deal of historical disquisition with his prophecy: the result was to himself profoundly unsatisfactory.