"It must be far worse to lose a lot of money than to be poor from the beginning." The flush had quite passed from her face.

She even looked slightly pale.
Lady Caryl laid down her cup and rose.

"That would be so, no doubt," she said.

"I think I shall try to persuade him to come to us at the end of the year.

And your sister is to be married in January?
It will be quite an event for you all.