She hit the fact, and he could only stammer, and bid her open the door.
'No,' she said, after a slight hesitation, 'it will be better that I should speak to Mama alone, I see.

Walk out on the lawn, dear, and wait for me.

And if you meet Drummond, don't be angry with him.

Drummond is very fond of me, and of course I shall teach him to be fond of you.
He only thinks...

what is not true, because he does not know you.