Having by accident referred to his connection with the Peninsula campaign, Lord Bereford was delighted to find another intimate friend of Sir Howard Douglas.

Sir Thomas Seymour joined heartily in the general discourse.

Colonel Trevelyan, or properly speaking Sir Guy Trevelyan, told many incidents of military and social life, in which Sir Howard and himself had figured quite conspicuously.
Great was Maude Bereford's delight when she learned that the young officer, so often alluded to in the letters received from Mary Douglas, was the son of their guest.

At this intelligence a sudden frown rested on Lady Bereford's brow, but momentarily vanished.

She had gained her point; such matters did not so forcibly affect her now.