Obviously, then, the threatened place was unfitting for the Countess of Fleetwood.

He despatched a kind of order through Mr.Howell Edwards, that she should remove to Esslemont to escape annoyances.

Esslemont was the preferable residence.

She could there entertain her friends, could spend a pleasanter time there.
He waited for the reply; Edwards deferred it.
Were they to be in a struggle with her obstinate will once more?
Henrietta was preparing to leave London for her dismal, narrow, and, after an absence, desired love-nest.

The earl called to say farewell, cool as a loyal wife could wish him to be, admiring perforce.