He, too, was undoubtedly in the conspiracy to keep her deceived.

How had it been done?
Where was the wild lord, at that moment?
Whilst she was pursuing these reflections in the hall, Rhoda came up from the servants' tea-table in the kitchen.

Her mistress gave her the necessary instructions for packing, and promised to help her before long.

Mrs.Vimpany's audacious resolution to dispute the evidence of her own senses, still dwelt on Miss Henley's mind.

Too angry to think of the embarrassment which an interview with Lord Harry would produce, after they had said their farewell words in Ireland, she was determined to prevent the doctor's wife from speaking to him first, and claiming him as an accomplice in her impudent denial of the truth.