"Glencora," she said, when she found a fitting opportunity, "you won't be angry, I hope, if I say a word to you?"
"That depends very much upon what the word is," said Lady Glencora. And here it must be acknowledged that Mr. Palliser's wife had not done much to ingratiate herself with Mr. Palliser's cousins;--not perhaps so much as she should have done, seeing that she found them in her husband's house. She had taught herself to think that they were hard, stiff, and too proud of bearing the name of Palliser. Perhaps some little attempt may have been made by one or both of them to teach her something, and it need hardly be said that such an attempt on the part of a husband's unmarried female relations would not be forgiven by a young bride. She had undoubtedly been ungracious, and of this Miss Palliser was well aware.
"Well,--the word shall be as little unpleasant as I can make it," said Miss Palliser, already appreciating fully the difficulty of her task.
"But why say anything that is unpleasant? However, if it is to be said, let us have it over at once."
"You are going to Monkshade, I believe, with Plantagenet."

"Glencora," she said, "you won't be angry, I hope, if I say a word to you?"
"That depends on what the word is," said Lady Glencora. She had not done much to ingratiate herself with Mr. Palliser's cousins; not perhaps so much as she should have done. She had taught herself to think that they were hard, stiff, and too proud of bearing the name of Palliser. If they tried to teach her on any point, she did not easily forgive them.
"Well, the word shall be as little unpleasant as I can make it," said Miss Palliser. "You are going to Monkshade, I believe, with Plantagenet."
