But then perhaps she did not sufficiently calculate that Mrs.Grantly's letter had been written purposely to produce such feelings--with the express view of awakening her ladyship to the necessity of action.
Indeed, in such a matter as this, Mrs.Grantly was a more able woman than Lady Lufton--more able to see her way and to follow it out.
The Lufton-Grantly alliance was in her mind the best, seeing that she did not regard money as everything.

But failing that, the Hartletop-Grantly alliance was not bad.

Regarding it as a second string to her bow, she thought that it was not at all bad.

Lady Lufton's reply was very affectionate.

She declared how happy she was to know that Griselda was enjoying herself; she insinuated that Lord Dumbello was known to the world as a fool, and his mother as--being not a bit better than she ought to be; and then she added that circumstances would bring herself up to town four days sooner than she had expected, and that she hoped her dear Griselda would come to her at once.