He had asked him down to Carbury intending that the name of Henrietta Carbury should not be mentioned between them;--and now it was proposed to him that Henrietta Carbury should be at the Manor House at the very time of Paul's visit! He made up his mind at once that he must tell Paul not to come.
He wrote his two letters at once.

That to Lady Carbury was very short.
He would be delighted to see her and Henrietta at the time named,--and would be very glad should it suit Felix to come also.

He did not say a word about the Board, or the young man's probable usefulness in his new sphere of life.

To Montague his letter was longer.

'It is always best to be open and true,' he said.