"But at the same time if there is any chance of what you suggest coming to pass, I have no wish to stand in the child's way.

I have a fancy that she will find the bondage at home considerably more irksome after this taste of freedom.

It might, as you say, be a good thing for her if the little chap did fall in love with her.

Her mother can't expect much of a match for her." "Oh, if that really happened, her mother would be charmed," said Lady Grace.

"She is a queer, ill-balanced creature, and I don't believe she has ever had the smallest affection for her.