I am not at all offended--I am merely amused.
It is not every day that a lady of high rank exhibits herself in such a position as yours to an obscure woman like me.

Your humane consideration for me dates, I presume, from the time when your adopted daughter set you the example, by ordering the police officer out of the room ?" Lady Janet's composure was proof even against this assault on it.

She gravely accepted Grace's inquiry as a question addressed to her in perfect good faith.
"I am not at all surprised," she replied, "to find that my adopted daughter's interference has exposed her to misrepresentation.

She ought to have remonstrated with me privately before she interfered.

But she has one fault--she is too impulsive.