As Diana paused at the iron gate which closed the long walk, she looked round her involuntarily, and saw that Alicia and Fanny were now standing on the lower terrace, gazing after them.

It struck her as strange and rude, and she felt the slight shock she had felt several times already, both in her intercourse with Fanny and in her acquaintance with Miss Drake--as of one unceremoniously jostled or repulsed.
Marsham meanwhile was full of annoyance.

That Alicia should still treat him in that domestic, possessive way--and in Diana's presence--was really intolerable.

It must be stopped.
He paused on the other side of the gate.
"After all, I am not in a mood to see Robins to-day.

Look!--the light is going.