Still they may have thought, by meeting Richard and his inamorata, there was a chance of laying a foundation of ridicule to sap the passion.

They may have thought so--they were on no spoken understanding.
"I have seen the little girl," said Lady Blandish.

"She is pretty--she would be telling if she were well set up.

She speaks well.

How absurd it is of that class to educate their women above their station! The child is really too good for a farmer.