Under such teaching as this, Lady Carbury was almost obliged to give up Mr. Alf.
Sometimes they would sit in the front room with Hetta, to whom also Mr. Broune had become attached; but sometimes Lady Carbury would be in her own sanctum. On this evening she received him there, and at once poured forth all her troubles about Felix. On this occasion she told him everything, and almost told him everything truly. He had already heard the story. "The young lady went down to Liverpool, and Sir Felix was not there."
"He could not have been there. He has been in bed in this house all day. Did she go?"

On this evening Lady Carbury at once poured forth all her troubles about Felix. She told him everything.
He had already heard the story. "The young lady went down to Liverpool, and Sir Felix was not there."
"Did she go, then?"
