And at the first she had acquiesced, tacitly accepted it as part of the contract.

He bore with the burden of an intolerable aunt of hers for her sake.

The two fell to work to conspire.

Aminta 'tired of travelling,' Aminta must have a London house.

She continually expressed a hope that 'she might set her eyes on Steignton some early day.' In fact, she as good as confessed her scheme to plot for the acknowledged position of Countess of Ormont in the English social world.