"I am repeating what I have just heard from the lodge-keeper himself.

He hesitated to mention it to Lady Janet for fear of alarming her.

Only three days since this person had the audacity to ask him for her ladyship's address at the sea-side.

Of course he refused to give it." "You hear that, Julian ?" said Lady Janet.
No signs of anger or mortification escaped Julian.

The expression in his face at that moment was an expression of sincere distress.
"Pray don't alarm yourself," he said to his aunt, in his quietest tones.
"If she attempts to annoy you or Miss Roseberry again, I have it in my power to stop her instantly." "How ?" asked Lady Janet.
"How, indeed!" echoed Horace.