I am only a woman, Mr.Troy--but it is not quite so easy to mislead me as you seem to suppose." Mr.Troy's temper was admirably trained.

But it began to acknowledge that Miss Pink's powers of irritation could sting to some purpose.
"No intention of misleading you, madam, has ever crossed my mind," he rejoined warmly.

"As for your niece, I can tell you this.

In all my experience of Lady Lydiard, I never saw her so distressed as she was when Miss Isabel left the house!" "Indeed!" said Miss Pink, with an incredulous smile.

"In my rank of life, when we feel distressed about a person, we do our best to comfort that person by a kind letter or an early visit.