Look at all the ladies following her round the park.

They used to drive on the north side of the Serpentine.

She just held up her finger, and now they have cut the Serpentine, and followed her to the south drive." "Oh, indeed!" said Bassett.

"Ah then this is a great lady; a poor country squire must not venture into her august presence." He turned savagely on his heel, and Marsh went and made sickly mirth at his expense.
By this means the matter soon came to the ears of old Mr.Woodgate, the father of that club, and a genial gossip.

He got hold of Bassett in the dinner-room and examined him.