9/32 "Only this morning I received a chit-chat letter from Mr.Lambert--we are great friends you know--saying that he intended to come here for a few days. Such a delightful man he is." "Oh, dear me, yes," cried Lady Garvington, starting. He wrote yesterday from London, asking if he might come. I told him yes, although I mentioned that we had hardly anyone with us just now." Miss Greeby looked greatly annoyed, as Mrs.Belgrove maliciously saw, for she knew well that the heiress would now regret having so hastily intimated her approaching departure. |