At this moment, while she knew that she had not won, she was sure that Fanny had lost.
Fanny was prepared for such a reception.

She did not shrink.

She remembered the great Burt fortune.

But before she could speak Mrs.
Dinks rose, and, with an air of contemptuous defiance, inquired, "Where are you living, Mrs.Dinks ?" Mr.Alfred looked at his wife in profound perplexity.

He thought, for his part, that he was living in that very house.