So would she conquer the man foredoomed to be her husband when the coming time should bring them together.

But agreeable as the fact of this first conquest might be, as an evidence of Lesbia's supremacy among women, the situation was not without its peril; and Lady Maulevrier felt that she could no longer defer the duty of warning her granddaughter.

She had wished, if possible, to treat the thing lightly to the very last, so that Lesbia should never know there had been danger.

She had told her, a few days ago, that those drives, and walks with the two young men were undignified, even although guarded by the Fraeulein's substantial presence.
'You are making yourself too much a companion to Maulevrier and his friend,' said the dowager.

'If you do not take care you will grow like Mary.' 'I would do anything in the world to avoid _that_,' replied Lesbia.