She was standing by his side, looking up into his face, with one gloved hand resting on the horse's neck.

Mrs.Robarts, as she saw them, could not but own that there might be cause for Lady Lufton's fears.

But then Lucy's manner, as Mrs.Robarts approached, was calculated to dissipate any such fears, and to prove that there was no ground for them.

She did not move from her position, or allow her hand to drop, or show that she was in any way either confused or conscious.

She stood her ground, and when her sister-in-law came up was smiling and at her ease.