She had always been at variance with Mrs.Winterfield, being a woman who loved cards and supper parties, and who had throughout her life stabled her horses in stalls very different to those used by the lady of Perivale.

Now this Mrs.Folliott was the first to tell Clara of the will.

Clara, of course, was altogether indifferent.

She had known for months past that her aunt had intended to leave nothing to her, and her only hope had been that she might be left free from any commiseration or remark on the subject.

But Mrs.Folliott, with sundry shakings of the head, told her how her aunt had omitted to name her--and then told her also of Captain Aylmer's generosity.
"We all did think, my dear," said Mrs.Folliott, "that she would have done better than that for you, or at any rate that she would not have left you dependent on him." Captain Aylmer's horses were also supposed to be stabled in strictly Low Church stalls, and were therefore regarded by Mrs.Folliott with much dislike.
"I and my aunt understood each other perfectly," said Clara.
"I dare say.