'He expects me to call on him as I pass.

We must make haste.' The second passage, in which were several curves and sharp turns, led them to a large room, nearly square, in which were two tables covered for about thirty.

By the door and along the sides of the room were a good many gentlemen, some of them very plainly dressed, and others in gayer attire, amongst whom Dorothy, as they passed through, recognised her cousin Scudamore.

Whether he saw and knew her she could not tell.
Crossing a small antechamber they entered the drawing-room, where stood and sat talking a number of ladies and gentlemen, to some of whom lady Margaret spoke and presented her cousin, greeting others with a familiar nod or smile, and yet others with a stately courtesy.

Then she said, 'Ladies, I will lead the way to the dining-room.