Roger would understand that he was constrained to courtesy by the former severity of his language.

Such points as these Lady Carbury never missed.

He understood it too, and though he was soft and gracious in his bearing, endeavouring to make his house as pleasant as he could to his two guests, he felt that he had been cheated out of his undoubted right to disapprove of all connection with the Melmottes.

In the course of the evening there came a note,--or rather a bundle of notes,--from Caversham.
That addressed to Roger was in the form of a letter.

Lady Pomona was sorry to say that the Longestaffe party were prevented from having the pleasure of dining at Carbury Hall by the fact that they had a house full of guests.