And now Lady Augustus and her daughter were coming down on a visit of inspection.

They had been told, as had the Senator, that things would be in the rough.
The house had not been properly inhabited for nearly a quarter of a century.

The Senator had expressed himself quite contented.

Lady Augustus had only hoped that everything would be made as comfortable as possible for her daughter.

I don't know what more could have been done at so short a notice than to order two carriages, two housemaids, and a cook.
A word or two must also be said of the old lady who made one of the party.