A few minutes after that, Harry found himself closeted with Lady Clavering, in a little room detached from the others, though the doors between the two were open.
"Do you know," said Lady Clavering, "that Sir Hugh has asked Julia to come here ?" Harry paused a moment, and then acknowledged that he did know it.
"I hope you did not advise her to refuse." "I advise her! Oh dear, no.

She did not ask me anything about it." "But she has refused.

Don't you think she has been very wrong ?" "It is hard to say," said Harry.

"You know I thought it very cruel that Hugh did not receive her immediately on her return.

If I had been he, I should have gone to Paris to meet her." "It's no good talking of that now, Harry.