These two men had known each other long, and a close intimacy had existed between them in the days past, previous to Lady Glencora's engagement with Mr Palliser.
When Lady Glencora endeavoured, vainly as we know, to obtain aid from Alice Vavasor, Burgo had been instigated to believe that Alice's cousin might assist him.

Any such assistance George Vavasor would have been quite ready to give.

Some pecuniary assistance he had given, he at that time having been in good funds.

Perhaps he had for a moment induced Burgo to think that he could obtain for the pair the use of the house in Queen Anne Street as a point at which they might meet, and from whence they might start on their journey of love.

All that was over.