"I have promised to go out to-morrow afternoon." "Oh, sha'n't you?
Why, what a pity! because he said he was going to pay his calls to-morrow, as he expected to leave to-morrow night.

I think he would be very sorry not to see you." "Oh, well, then, I will stay in.

My other engagement is of no consequence." Her friend looked benign.
Recollecting Mrs.Wentworth's expression, Mrs.Lancaster determined that she would not be at home the following afternoon.

She would show Mrs.
Wentworth that she could not gauge her so easily as she fancied.

But at the last moment, after putting on her hat, she changed her mind.