Lady Holmhurst, like her butler, was also a person of experience.
"Won't you come into the drawing room ?" she said.

And they did, looking rather sheepish.
And there Eustace made a clean breast of it, announcing that they were engaged to be married.

And although this was somewhat of an assumption, seeing that no actual words of troth had passed between them, Augusta stood there, never offering a word in contradiction.
"Well, Mr.Meeson," said Lady Holmhurst, "I think that you are the luckiest man of my acquaintance, for Augusta is not only one of the sweetest and loveliest girls that I have ever met, she is also the bravest and the cleverest.

You will have to look out, Mr.Meeson, or you will be known as the husband of the great Augusta Meeson." "I will take the risk," he answered humbly.

"I know that Augusta has more brains in her little finger than I have in my whole body.