There's the possibility of this rising.

Let the country quiet down first!' 'But when do you propose ?' 'July.' 'July?
That's a long time to come.' Drake coloured to the roots of his hair.

'I beg your pardon,' he said with evident embarrassment; 'much sooner than that of course.

I was thinking of some one else.' He made matters worse by a hurried correction of 'some one' to 'something.' Fielding noticed the embarrassment and the correction, and drew conclusions.

They were conclusions, he thought, of which Mrs.Willoughby should be advised, and he drove to her house accordingly.