What was the expression on Lady Agnes's face, the old lady could not see, for the millionaire's wife shielded it--presumably from the fire--with a large fan of white feathers.

Had Mrs.Belgrove been able to read that countenance she would have seen satisfaction written thereon, and would probably have set down the expression to a wrong cause.

In reality, Agnes was glad to think that Lambert's promise was being kept, and that he no longer intended to avoid her company so openly.
But if she was pleased, Miss Greeby was not, and still continued to look annoyed, since she had burnt her boats by announcing her departure.

And what annoyed her still more than her hasty decision was, that she would leave Lambert in the house along with the rival she most dreaded.

Though what the young man could see in this pale, washed-out creature Miss Greeby could not imagine.