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”
Lord
Lambeth
responded
to
this
intimation
by
scornful
laughter
,
and
his
companion
continued
,
after
a
pause
:
“
I
said
just
now
I
didn
’
t
want
to
know
anything
about
the
affair
;
but
I
will
confess
that
I
am
curious
to
learn
whether
you
propose
to
marry
Miss
Bessie
Alden
.
”
On
this
point
Lord
Lambeth
gave
his
interlocutor
no
immediate
satisfaction
;
he
was
musing
,
with
a
frown
.
“
By
Jove
,
”
he
said
,
“
they
go
rather
too
far
.
They
shall
find
me
dangerous
—
I
promise
them
.
”
Percy
Beaumont
began
to
laugh
.
“
You
don
’
t
redeem
your
promises
.
You
said
the
other
day
you
would
make
your
mother
call
.
”
Lord
Lambeth
continued
to
meditate
.
“
I
asked
her
to
call
,
”
he
said
simply
.
“
And
she
declined
?
”
“
Yes
;
but
she
shall
do
it
yet
.
”
“
Upon
my
word
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
,
“
if
she
gets
much
more
frightened
I
believe
she
will
.
”
Lord
Lambeth
looked
at
him
,
and
he
went
on
.
“
She
will
go
to
the
girl
herself
.
”
“
How
do
you
mean
she
will
go
to
her
?
”
“
She
will
beg
her
off
,
or
she
will
bribe
her
.
She
will
take
strong
measures
.
”
Lord
Lambeth
turned
away
in
silence
,
and
his
companion
watched
him
take
twenty
steps
and
then
slowly
return
.
“
I
have
invited
Mrs
.
Westgate
and
Miss
Alden
to
Branches
,
”
he
said
,
“
and
this
evening
I
shall
name
a
day
.
”
“
And
shall
you
invite
your
mother
and
your
sisters
to
meet
them
?
”
“
Explicitly
!
”
“
That
will
set
the
duchess
off
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
.
“
I
suspect
she
will
come
.
”
“
She
may
do
as
she
pleases
.
”
Beaumont
looked
at
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
You
do
really
propose
to
marry
the
little
sister
,
then
?
”
“
I
like
the
way
you
talk
about
it
!
”
cried
the
young
man
.
“
She
won
’
t
gobble
me
down
;
don
’
t
be
afraid
.
”
“
She
won
’
t
leave
you
on
your
knees
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
.
“
What
IS
the
inducement
?
”
“
You
talk
about
proposing
:
wait
till
I
have
proposed
,
”
Lord
Lambeth
went
on
.
“
That
’
s
right
,
my
dear
fellow
;
think
about
it
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
.
“
She
’
s
a
charming
girl
,
”
pursued
his
lordship
.
“
Of
course
she
’
s
a
charming
girl
.
I
don
’
t
know
a
girl
more
charming
,
intrinsically
.
But
there
are
other
charming
girls
nearer
home
.
”
“
I
like
her
spirit
,
”
observed
Lord
Lambeth
,
almost
as
if
he
were
trying
to
torment
his
cousin
.
“
What
’
s
the
peculiarity
of
her
spirit
?
”
“
She
’
s
not
afraid
,
and
she
says
things
out
,
and
she
thinks
herself
as
good
as
anyone
.
She
is
the
only
girl
I
have
ever
seen
that
was
not
dying
to
marry
me
.
”
“
How
do
you
know
that
,
if
you
haven
’
t
asked
her
?
”
“
I
don
’
t
know
how
;
but
I
know
it
.
”
“
I
am
sure
she
asked
me
questions
enough
about
your
property
and
your
titles
,
”
said
Beaumont
.
“
She
has
asked
me
questions
,
too
;
no
end
of
them
,
”
Lord
Lambeth
admitted
.
“
But
she
asked
for
information
,
don
’
t
you
know
.
”
“
Information
?
Aye
,
I
’
ll
warrant
she
wanted
it
.
Depend
upon
it
that
she
is
dying
to
marry
you
just
as
much
and
just
as
little
as
all
the
rest
of
them
.
”
“
I
shouldn
’
t
like
her
to
refuse
me
—
I
shouldn
’
t
like
that
.
”
“
If
the
thing
would
be
so
disagreeable
,
then
,
both
to
you
and
to
her
,
in
Heaven
’
s
name
leave
it
alone
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
on
her
side
,
had
plenty
to
say
to
her
sister
about
the
rarity
of
Mr
.
Beaumont
’
s
visits
and
the
nonappearance
of
the
Duchess
of
Bayswater
.
She
professed
,
however
,
to
derive
more
satisfaction
from
this
latter
circumstance
than
she
could
have
done
from
the
most
lavish
attentions
on
the
part
of
this
great
lady
.
“
It
is
most
marked
,
”
she
said
—
“
most
marked
.
It
is
a
delicious
proof
that
we
have
made
them
miserable
.
The
day
we
dined
with
Lord
Lambeth
I
was
really
sorry
for
the
poor
fellow
.
”
It
will
have
been
gathered
that
the
entertainment
offered
by
Lord
Lambeth
to
his
American
friends
had
not
been
graced
by
the
presence
of
his
anxious
mother
.
He
had
invited
several
choice
spirits
to
meet
them
;
but
the
ladies
of
his
immediate
family
were
to
Mrs
.
Westgate
’
s
sense
—
a
sense
possibly
morbidly
acute
—
conspicuous
by
their
absence
.
“
I
don
’
t
want
to
express
myself
in
a
manner
that
you
dislike
,
”
said
Bessie
Alden
;
“
but
I
don
’
t
know
why
you
should
have
so
many
theories
about
Lord
Lambeth
’
s
poor
mother
.
You
know
a
great
many
young
men
in
New
York
without
knowing
their
mothers
.
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
looked
at
her
sister
and
then
turned
away
.
“
My
dear
Bessie
,
you
are
superb
!
”
she
said
.
“
One
thing
is
certain
,
”
the
young
girl
continued
.
“
If
I
believed
I
were
a
cause
of
annoyance
—
however
unwitting
—
to
Lord
Lambeth
’
s
family
,
I
should
insist
—
”
“
Insist
upon
my
leaving
England
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
“
No
,
not
that
.
I
want
to
go
to
the
National
Gallery
again
;
I
want
to
see
Stratford
-
on
-
Avon
and
Canterbury
Cathedral
.
But
I
should
insist
upon
his
coming
to
see
us
no
more
.
”
“
That
would
be
very
modest
and
very
pretty
of
you
;
but
you
wouldn
’
t
do
it
now
.
”
“
Why
do
you
say
‘
now
’
?
”
asked
Bessie
Alden
.
“
Have
I
ceased
to
be
modest
?
”
“
You
care
for
him
too
much
.
A
month
ago
,
when
you
said
you
didn
’
t
,
I
believe
it
was
quite
true
.
But
at
present
,
my
dear
child
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
“
you
wouldn
’
t
find
it
quite
so
simple
a
matter
never
to
see
Lord
Lambeth
again
.
I
have
seen
it
coming
on
.
”
“
You
are
mistaken
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
You
don
’
t
understand
.
”
“
My
dear
child
,
don
’
t
be
perverse
,
”
rejoined
her
sister
.
“
I
know
him
better
,
certainly
,
if
you
mean
that
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
And
I
like
him
very
much
.
But
I
don
’
t
like
him
enough
to
make
trouble
for
him
with
his
family
.
However
,
I
don
’
t
believe
in
that
.
”
“
I
like
the
way
you
say
‘
however
,
’
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
exclaimed
.
“
Come
;
you
would
not
marry
him
?
”
“
Oh
,
no
,
”
said
the
young
girl
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
for
a
moment
seemed
vexed
.
“
Why
not
,
pray
?
”
she
demanded
.
“
Because
I
don
’
t
care
to
,
”
said
Bessie
Alden
.
The
morning
after
Lord
Lambeth
had
had
,
with
Percy
Beaumont
,
that
exchange
of
ideas
which
has
just
been
narrated
,
the
ladies
at
Jones
’
s
Hotel
received
from
his
lordship
a
written
invitation
to
pay
their
projected
visit
to
Branches
Castle
on
the
following
Tuesday
.
“
I
think
I
have
made
up
a
very
pleasant
party
,
”
the
young
nobleman
said
.
“
Several
people
whom
you
know
,
and
my
mother
and
sisters
,
who
have
so
long
been
regrettably
prevented
from
making
your
acquaintance
.
”
Bessie
Alden
lost
no
time
in
calling
her
sister
’
s
attention
to
the
injustice
she
had
done
the
Duchess
of
Bayswater
,
whose
hostility
was
now
proved
to
be
a
vain
illusion
.
“
Wait
till
you
see
if
she
comes
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
“
And
if
she
is
to
meet
us
at
her
son
’
s
house
the
obligation
was
all
the
greater
for
her
to
call
upon
us
.
”
Bessie
had
not
to
wait
long
,
and
it
appeared
that
Lord
Lambeth
’
s
mother
now
accepted
Mrs
.
Westgate
’
s
view
of
her
duties
.
On
the
morrow
,
early
in
the
afternoon
,
two
cards
were
brought
to
the
apartment
of
the
American
ladies
—
one
of
them
bearing
the
name
of
the
Duchess
of
Bayswater
and
the
other
that
of
the
Countess
of
Pimlico
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
glanced
at
the
clock
.
“
It
is
not
yet
four
,
”
she
said
;
“
they
have
come
early
;
they
wish
to
see
us
.
We
will
receive
them
.
”
And
she
gave
orders
that
her
visitors
should
be
admitted
.
A
few
moments
later
they
were
introduced
,
and
there
was
a
solemn
exchange
of
amenities
.
The
duchess
was
a
large
lady
,
with
a
fine
fresh
color
;
the
Countess
of
Pimlico
was
very
pretty
and
elegant
.
The
duchess
looked
about
her
as
she
sat
down
—
looked
not
especially
at
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
“
I
daresay
my
son
has
told
you
that
I
have
been
wanting
to
come
and
see
you
,
”
she
observed
.
“
You
are
very
kind
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
vaguely
—
her
conscience
not
allowing
her
to
assent
to
this
proposition
—
and
,
indeed
,
not
permitting
her
to
enunciate
her
own
with
any
appreciable
emphasis
.
“
He
says
you
were
so
kind
to
him
in
America
,
”
said
the
duchess
.
“
We
are
very
glad
,
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
replied
,
“
to
have
been
able
to
make
him
a
little
more
—
a
little
less
—
a
little
more
comfortable
.
”
“
I
think
he
stayed
at
your
house
,
”
remarked
the
Duchess
of
Bayswater
,
looking
at
Bessie
Alden
.
“
A
very
short
time
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
“
Oh
!
”
said
the
duchess
;
and
she
continued
to
look
at
Bessie
,
who
was
engaged
in
conversation
with
her
daughter
.
“
Do
you
like
London
?
”
Lady
Pimlico
had
asked
of
Bessie
,
after
looking
at
her
a
good
deal
—
at
her
face
and
her
hands
,
her
dress
and
her
hair
.
“
Very
much
indeed
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
Do
you
like
this
hotel
?
”
“
It
is
very
comfortable
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
Do
you
like
stopping
at
hotels
?
”
inquired
Lady
Pimlico
after
a
pause
.
“
I
am
very
fond
of
traveling
,
”
Bessie
answered
,
“
and
I
suppose
hotels
are
a
necessary
part
of
it
.
But
they
are
not
the
part
I
am
fondest
of
.
”
“
Oh
,
I
hate
traveling
,
”
said
the
Countess
of
Pimlico
and
transferred
her
attention
to
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
“
My
son
tells
me
you
are
going
to
Branches
,
”
the
duchess
presently
resumed
.
“
Lord
Lambeth
has
been
so
good
as
to
ask
us
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
who
perceived
that
her
visitor
had
now
begun
to
look
at
her
,
and
who
had
her
customary
happy
consciousness
of
a
distinguished
appearance
.
The
only
mitigation
of
her
felicity
on
this
point
was
that
,
having
inspected
her
visitor
’
s
own
costume
,
she
said
to
herself
,
“
She
won
’
t
know
how
well
I
am
dressed
!
”
“
He
has
asked
me
to
go
,
but
I
am
not
sure
I
shall
be
able
,
”
murmured
the
duchess
.
“
He
had
offered
us
the
p
—
prospect
of
meeting
you
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
“
I
hate
the
country
at
this
season
,
”
responded
the
duchess
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
gave
a
little
shrug
.
“
I
think
it
is
pleasanter
than
London
.
”
But
the
duchess
’
s
eyes
were
absent
again
;
she
was
looking
very
fixedly
at
Bessie
.
In
a
moment
she
slowly
rose
,
walked
to
a
chair
that
stood
empty
at
the
young
girl
’
s
right
hand
,
and
silently
seated
herself
.
As
she
was
a
majestic
,
voluminous
woman
,
this
little
transaction
had
,
inevitably
,
an
air
of
somewhat
impressive
intention
.
It
diffused
a
certain
awkwardness
,
which
Lady
Pimlico
,
as
a
sympathetic
daughter
,
perhaps
desired
to
rectify
in
turning
to
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
“
I
daresay
you
go
out
a
great
deal
,
”
she
observed
.
“
No
,
very
little
.
We
are
strangers
,
and
we
didn
’
t
come
here
for
society
.
”
“
I
see
,
”
said
Lady
Pimlico
.
“
It
’
s
rather
nice
in
town
just
now
.
”
“
It
’
s
charming
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
“
But
we
only
go
to
see
a
few
people
—
whom
we
like
.
”
“
Of
course
one
can
’
t
like
everyone
,
”
said
Lady
Pimlico
.
“
It
depends
upon
one
’
s
society
,
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
rejoined
.
The
Duchess
meanwhile
had
addressed
herself
to
Bessie
.
“
My
son
tells
me
the
young
ladies
in
America
are
so
clever
.
”
“
I
am
glad
they
made
so
good
an
impression
on
him
,
”
said
Bessie
,
smiling
.
The
Duchess
was
not
smiling
;
her
large
fresh
face
was
very
tranquil
.
“
He
is
very
susceptible
,
”
she
said
.
“
He
thinks
everyone
clever
,
and
sometimes
they
are
.
”
“
Sometimes
,
”
Bessie
assented
,
smiling
still
.
The
duchess
looked
at
her
a
little
and
then
went
on
;
“
Lambeth
is
very
susceptible
,
but
he
is
very
volatile
,
too
.
”
“
Volatile
?
”
asked
Bessie
.
“
He
is
very
inconstant
.
It
won
’
t
do
to
depend
on
him
.
”
“
Ah
,
”
said
Bessie
,
“
I
don
’
t
recognize
that
description
.
We
have
depended
on
him
greatly
—
my
sister
and
I
—
and
he
has
never
disappointed
us
.
”
“
He
will
disappoint
you
yet
,
”
said
the
duchess
.
Bessie
gave
a
little
laugh
,
as
if
she
were
amused
at
the
duchess
’
s
persistency
.
“
I
suppose
it
will
depend
on
what
we
expect
of
him
.
”
“
The
less
you
expect
,
the
better
,
”
Lord
Lambeth
’
s
mother
declared
.
“
Well
,
”
said
Bessie
,
“
we
expect
nothing
unreasonable
.
”
The
duchess
for
a
moment
was
silent
,
though
she
appeared
to
have
more
to
say
.
“
Lambeth
says
he
has
seen
so
much
of
you
,
”
she
presently
began
.
“
He
has
been
to
see
us
very
often
;
he
has
been
very
kind
,
”
said
Bessie
Alden
.
“
I
daresay
you
are
used
to
that
.
I
am
told
there
is
a
great
deal
of
that
in
America
.
”
“
A
great
deal
of
kindness
?
”
the
young
girl
inquired
,
smiling
.
“
Is
that
what
you
call
it
?
I
know
you
have
different
expressions
.
”
“
We
certainly
don
’
t
always
understand
each
other
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
the
termination
of
whose
interview
with
Lady
Pimlico
allowed
her
to
give
her
attention
to
their
elder
visitor
.
“
I
am
speaking
of
the
young
men
calling
so
much
upon
the
young
ladies
,
”
the
duchess
explained
.
“
But
surely
in
England
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
“
the
young
ladies
don
’
t
call
upon
the
young
men
?
”
“
Some
of
them
do
—
almost
!
”
Lady
Pimlico
declared
.
“
What
the
young
men
are
a
great
parti
.
”
“
Bessie
,
you
must
make
a
note
of
that
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
“
My
sister
,
”
she
added
,
“
is
a
model
traveler
.
She
writes
down
all
the
curious
facts
she
hears
in
a
little
book
she
keeps
for
the
purpose
.
”
The
duchess
was
a
little
flushed
;
she
looked
all
about
the
room
,
while
her
daughter
turned
to
Bessie
.
“
My
brother
told
us
you
were
wonderfully
clever
,
”
said
Lady
Pimlico
.
“
He
should
have
said
my
sister
,
”
Bessie
answered
—
“
when
she
says
such
things
as
that
.
”
“
Shall
you
be
long
at
Branches
?
”
the
duchess
asked
,
abruptly
,
of
the
young
girl
.
“
Lord
Lambeth
has
asked
us
for
three
days
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
I
shall
go
,
”
the
duchess
declared
,
“
and
my
daughter
,
too
.
”
“
That
will
be
charming
!
”
Bessie
rejoined
.
“
Delightful
!
”
murmured
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
“
I
shall
expect
to
see
a
great
deal
of
you
,
”
the
duchess
continued
.
“
When
I
go
to
Branches
I
monopolize
my
son
’
s
guests
.
”
“
They
must
be
most
happy
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Westgate
very
graciously
.
“
I
want
immensely
to
see
it
—
to
see
the
castle
,
”
said
Bessie
to
the
duchess
.
“
I
have
never
seen
one
—
in
England
,
at
least
;
and
you
know
we
have
none
in
America
.
”
“
Ah
,
you
are
fond
of
castles
?
”
inquired
her
Grace
.
“
Immensely
!
”
replied
the
young
girl
.
“
It
has
been
the
dream
of
my
life
to
live
in
one
.
”
The
duchess
looked
at
her
a
moment
,
as
if
she
hardly
knew
how
to
take
this
assurance
,
which
,
from
her
Grace
’
s
point
of
view
,
was
either
very
artless
or
very
audacious
.
“
Well
,
”
she
said
,
rising
,
“
I
will
show
you
Branches
myself
.
”
And
upon
this
the
two
great
ladies
took
their
departure
.
“
What
did
they
mean
by
it
?
”
asked
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
when
they
were
gone
.
“
They
meant
to
be
polite
,
”
said
Bessie
,
“
because
we
are
going
to
meet
them
.
”
“
It
is
too
late
to
be
polite
,
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
replied
almost
grimly
.
“
They
meant
to
overawe
us
by
their
fine
manners
and
their
grandeur
,
and
to
make
you
lacher
prise
.
”
“
Lacher
prise
?
What
strange
things
you
say
!
”
murmured
Bessie
Alden
.
“
They
meant
to
snub
us
,
so
that
we
shouldn
’
t
dare
to
go
to
Branches
,
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
continued
.
“
On
the
contrary
,
”
said
Bessie
,
“
the
duchess
offered
to
show
me
the
place
herself
.
”
“
Yes
,
you
may
depend
upon
it
she
won
’
t
let
you
out
of
her
sight
.
She
will
show
you
the
place
from
morning
till
night
.
”
“
You
have
a
theory
for
everything
,
”
said
Bessie
.
“
And
you
apparently
have
none
for
anything
.
”
“
I
saw
no
attempt
to
‘
overawe
’
us
,
”
said
the
young
girl
.
“
Their
manners
were
not
fine
.
”
“
They
were
not
even
good
!
”
Mrs
.
Westgate
declared
.
Bessie
was
silent
a
while
,
but
in
a
few
moments
she
observed
that
she
had
a
very
good
theory
.
“
They
came
to
look
at
me
,
”
she
said
,
as
if
this
had
been
a
very
ingenious
hypothesis
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
did
it
justice
;
she
greeted
it
with
a
smile
and
pronounced
it
most
brilliant
,
while
,
in
reality
,
she
felt
that
the
young
girl
’
s
skepticism
,
or
her
charity
,
or
,
as
she
had
sometimes
called
it
appropriately
,
her
idealism
,
was
proof
against
irony
.
Bessie
,
however
,
remained
meditative
all
the
rest
of
that
day
and
well
on
into
the
morrow
.
On
the
morrow
,
before
lunch
,
Mrs
.
Westgate
had
occasion
to
go
out
for
an
hour
,
and
left
her
sister
writing
a
letter
.
When
she
came
back
she
met
Lord
Lambeth
at
the
door
of
the
hotel
,
coming
away
.
She
thought
he
looked
slightly
embarrassed
;
he
was
certainly
very
grave
.
“
I
am
sorry
to
have
missed
you
.
Won
’
t
you
come
back
?
”
she
asked
.
“
No
,
”
said
the
young
man
,
“
I
can
’
t
.
I
have
seen
your
sister
.
I
can
never
come
back
.
”
Then
he
looked
at
her
a
moment
and
took
her
hand
.
“
Goodbye
,
Mrs
.
Westgate
,
”
he
said
.
