"Before long Miss Arleigh will be one of the queens of society, heiress of Hanton, and of the large fortune left by her father; we shall have some of the first men in England wooing her.

She may be a duchess if she likes." At which intelligence Lord Ridsdale opened his eyes.
He had thought of his ward as of a tiresome responsibility, a child of whom the charge would be very troublesome.

He had taken good care of her money, because he was an honorable man, but he had not thought much of what his wife called her social position.

As a probable duchess he felt a great amount of respect for her.
So Lord and Lady Ridsdale went together to bring their beautiful young ward home.

Miss Carleton was grieved to lose her.
"She has been a docile pupil, and she is a beautiful, lovable girl.
Though I am sorry indeed to part with her, for her own sake I am glad she is going; it is high time she saw something of the world." "You have had no trouble with her, I hope ?" said Lord Ridsdale.