Hittaway--
Frank would at once throw himself at his cousin's feet, and all the
difficulty would be over. The abominable, unjustifiable, and insolent
interference of Lady Glencora just at the present moment would be the
means of undoing all the good that had been done, unless it could be
neutralised by some such activity as this. The necklace had absolutely
faded away into nothing. The sly creature was almost becoming a heroine on
the strength of the necklace. The very mystery with which the robberies
were pervaded was acting in her favour. Lord Fawn would absolutely be made
to marry her--forced into it by Lady Glencora and that set--unless the
love affair between her and her cousin, of which Andy Gowran was able to
give such sufficient testimony, could in some way be made available to
prevent it.
The theory of life and system on which social matters should be managed,
as displayed by her married daughter, was very painful to poor old Lady
Fawn. When she was told that under the new order of things promises from
gentlemen were not to be looked upon as binding, that love was to go for
nothing, that girls were to be made contented by being told that when one
lover was lost another could be found, she was very unhappy.
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