Lady Pomona hoped that Mr Carbury and his relatives, who, Lady Pomona heard, were with him at the Hall, would do the Longestaffes the pleasure of dining at Caversham either on the Monday or Tuesday following, as might best suit the Carbury plans.

That was the purport of Lady Pomona's letter to Roger Carbury.

Then there were cards of invitation for Lady Carbury and her daughter, and also for Sir Felix.
Roger, as he read his own note, handed the others over to Lady Carbury, and then asked her what she would wish to have done.

The tone of his, voice, as he spoke, grated on her ear, as there was something in it of his former harshness.

But she knew how to use her triumph.