"
"Was he at home? I heard he was on leave."
"He was said to be at home, but I hardly ever saw him. He was
always out with his own friends when I was there."
"I should not suppose Lady Susan's pursuits were much in his line.
Is not one of the daughters a Sister?"
"Yes, at St. Faith's. She was my great friend. The younger ones
are nice girls, but have not much in them. Camilla is going to have
them down for the bazaar."
"What, do they patronize bazaars?"
"Everything that is _doing_ they patronize. I have known them be
everywhere, from the Drawing-room to a Guild-meeting in a back slum,
and all with equal appetite. That is one reason why I fear I shall
not see much of your mother; they are never tired, and I shall never
get out alone. The house is to be full of people, and we are to be
very gay."
She spoke with a tone that betrayed how little pleasure she
expected, though it strove to be uncomplaining; and Julius, who had
learnt something of poor Frank's state of jealous misery, heartily
wished the Strangeways family further, regarding the intimacy as a
manoeuvre of Lady Tyrrell's, and doubting how far all Eleonora's
evident struggles would keep her out of the net; and though while
talking to her he had not the slightest doubt of her sincerity, he
had not long set her down at the lodge before he remembered that she
was a Vivian.
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