Also that Percy had been guilty of excessive folly.
To which Lady Dacier nodded her assent, remarking, 'The woman is on her mettle.

From what I've heard of her, she's not a woman to stick at trifles.

She'll take it as a sort of ordeal by touch, and she 'll come.' They joined in abusing Percy, who had driven away to another part of the country.

Lord Creedmore, the heir of the house, was absent, hunting in America, or he might temporarily have been taken into favour by contrast.

Ultimately they agreed that the woman must be allowed to enter the house, but could not be received.