Two or three days passed before its former tranquillity was restored to the apartment in the Champs Elysees.

Its "_former_ tranquillity," indeed, did not seem to come back at all.

There were new elements of discomfort and disturbance at work, even more than in the days before Maurice came, and when Mrs.Costello both feared and hoped for his coming.

He was never mentioned now, except during Lady Dighton's daily visit.

She, much mystified, and not sure whether Lucia was to be pitied or blamed, was too kind-hearted not to sympathize with her anxiety for her mother, and she therefore came constantly--first to inquire for, and then to sit with Mrs.Costello, insisting that Lucia should take that opportunity of going out in her carriage.
These drives gave the poor child not only fresh air, but also a short interval each day in which she could be natural, and permit herself the indulgence of the depression which had taken possession of her.