Emily saw that Lord Walderhurst looked at her a great deal.

He sat on an extraordinarily comfortable corner seat, and stared through his monocle.
Lady Maria always gave her Emily plenty to do.

She had a nice taste in floral arrangement, and early in her visit it had fallen into her hands as a duty to "do" the flowers.
The next morning she was in the gardens early, gathering roses with the dew on them, and was in the act of cutting some adorable "Mrs.Sharman Crawfords," when she found it behoved her to let down her carefully tucked up petticoats, as the Marquis of Walderhurst was walking straight toward her.

An instinct told her that he wanted to talk to her about Lady Agatha Slade.
"You get up earlier than Lady Agatha," he remarked, after he had wished her "Good-morning." "She is oftener invited to the country than I am," she answered.

"When I have a country holiday, I want to spend every moment of it out of doors.
And the mornings are so lovely.