On the whole, it seemed rather a pity that Lashmar had not chosen and won her; there would have been a fitness, one felt, in that alliance.

At the same time, Lashmar's selection of an undowered mate spoke well for him.

For it was to be presumed that Lady Ogram's secretary had no very brilliant prospects.

Certainly she did not make much impression at the first glance; one would take her for a sensible, thoughtful woman, nothing more.
After a lapse of twenty-four hours, he replied to Mrs.Toplady.Yes, if the weather were not too discouraging, he hoped to be at Lady Honeybourne's.

He added that the fact of Lashmar's engagement had come as news to him.
So, after all, his "season" was not yet over.