I do not suppose that you will dare to tell her
why." Then she sailed round at the back of the carriage and entered the
hall, in which several of the girls were standing. Among them was Augusta,
waiting to take her seat among the elders; but Lizzie passed on through
them all, without a word, and marched up to her bedroom.
"Oh, Frederic, what is the matter?" said Augusta, as soon as her brother
entered the house.
"Never mind. Nothing is the matter. You had better go to church. Where is
my mother?"
At this moment Lady Fawn appeared at the bottom of the stairs, having
passed Lizzie as she was coming down. Not a syllable had then been spoken,
but Lady Fawn at once knew that much was wrong. Her son went up to her and
whispered a word in her ear. "Oh, certainly," she said, desisting from the
operation of pulling on her gloves. "Augusta, neither your brother nor I
will go to church."
"Nor--Lady Eustace?"
"It seems not," said Lady Fawn.
"Lady Eustace will not go to church," said Lord Fawn.
"And where is Lucy?" asked Lydia.
"She will not go to church either," said Lady Fawn. "I have just been with
her."
"Nobody is going to church," said Nina.
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