19/24 'I am, you are aware, Mrs.Warwick, a cousin of your friend Lady Dunstane.' 'You come to me on business ?' Diana said. I have no personal interest in it. I come to lay certain facts before you which I think you should know. We think it better that an acquaintance, and one of your sex, should state the case to you, instead of having recourse to formal intermediaries, lawyers--' 'Lawyers ?' 'Well, my husband is a lawyer, it is true. In the course of his professional vocations he became acquainted with Mr.Warwick.We have latterly seen a good deal of him. |