But we all know how few such declarations
should be taken as true. Of course she was longing to see him. "If he
would only pass by the road," she would say to herself, "so that I might
peep at him through the gate!" She had no formed idea in her own mind that
she would be able to see him should she go to Lady Linlithgow, but still
there would be the chances of her altered life! She would tell Lady
Linlithgow the truth, and why should Lady Linlithgow refuse her so
rational a pleasure? There was, of course, a reason why Frank should not
come to Fawn Court; but the house in Bruton Street need not be closed to
him. "I hardly know how to love you enough," she said to Lady Fawn, "but
indeed I must go. I do so hope the time may come when you and Mr.
Greystock may be friends. Of course it will come. Shall it not?"
"Who can look into the future?" said the wise Amelia.
"Of course if he is your husband we shall love him," said the less wise
Lady Fawn.
"He is to be my husband," said Lucy, springing up. "What do you mean? Do
you mean anything?" Lady Fawn, who was not at all wise, protested that she
meant nothing.
What were they to do? On that special day they merely stipulated that
there should be a day's delay before Lady Fawn answered Mrs.
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