30/32 Pooh! That was but to bait the trap and you walked into it nicely." Her mother's insinuations maddened poor Lavinia. The mention of Lewknor's Lane and Whetstone Park, two of the most infamous places in London, was amply sufficient to break her spirit, which indeed was Mrs. The worst of it was that after what had happened she had in her secret heart come round to the same opinion so far as the baiting of the trap was concerned. She was far too cast down to make any reply and wept copiously, purely through injured pride and humiliation. "If the young man really belongs to the quality and what he writes about his father is true, then his father must be made to pay for the injury his son's done you. |