"What will bring this matter to an end ?" But pride would not allow Lady Rosamond to reveal her feelings.

She would be a true Seymour.

It were well that she possessed this spirit, being in this instance an offset to injured delicacy.
Having remained in privacy longer than it was customary, she reluctantly prepared to meet the family.

Descending the upper stairway, she was met by one of the children who had come to summon her to join them in a walk.
Lady Rosamond was always a favorite with children and the family of Sir Howard formed no exception.

They loved to accompany her on long walks in search of any thing the surrounding woods afforded.