Lady Grace Halley was there.

From matters he gathered, Skepsey guessed her to be working for his master among the great folks, as he did with Jarniman, and Mr.Fenellan with Mr.Carling.But is it usual; he asked himself--his natural veneration framing the rebuke to his master thus--to repay the services of a lady so warmly ?--We have all of us an ermined owl within us to sit in judgement of our superiors as well as our equals; and the little man, notwithstanding a servant's bounden submissiveness, was forced to hear the judicial pronouncement upon his master's behaviour.

His master had, at the same time, been saying most weighty kind words more and more of late: one thing:--that, if he gave all he had to his fellows, and did all he could, he should still be in their debt.

And he was a very wealthy gentleman.

What are we to think?
The ways of our superiors are wonderful.