Griselda Grantly It was nearly a month after this that Lucy was first introduced to Lord Lufton, and then it was brought about only by accident.

During that time Lady Lufton had been often at the parsonage, and had in a certain degree learned to know Lucy; but the stranger in the parish had never yet plucked up courage to accept one of the numerous invitations that had reached her.

Mr.Robarts and his wife had frequently been at Framley Court, but the dreaded day of Lucy's initiation had not yet arrived.

She had seen Lord Lufton in church, but hardly so as to know him, and beyond that she had not seen him at all.

One day, however--or rather, one evening, for it was already dusk--he overtook her and Mrs.Robarts on the road walking towards the vicarage.