In five minutes she had torn up the last rag of the girl's character, and proved her as bad as the worst woman that ever rode down Cheapside in a cart.

Lady Dunborough was not mealy-mouthed, nor one of those who mince matters.
'What did I tell you ?' she cried.

'She will be on with that stuck-up before night, and be gone with morning.

If Dunborough comes back he may whistle for her!' Mr.Thomasson did not doubt that her ladyship was right.

But he spoke with indifferent spirit.