"I suppose it is, but I cannot go now. I would if I really thought--"
"Oh, very well," said Lady Glencora, interrupting her. "I suppose I shall get through it. If he asks me to dance, I shall stand up with him, just as though I had never seen him before." Then she remembered the letter in her pocket,--remembered that at this moment she bore about with her a written proposition from this man to go off with him and leave her husband's house. She had intended to show it to Alice on this occasion; but as Alice had refused her request, she was glad that she had not done so. "You'll come to me the morning after," said Lady Glencora, as she went. This Alice promised to do; and then she was left alone.

"I suppose it is, but I cannot go now."
"Oh, very well," said Lady Glencora. "I suppose I shall get through it. If he asks me to dance, I shall stand up with him, just as though I had never seen him before." Then she remembered the letter in her pocket, which was a proposition from this man to leave her husband and go off with him. As Alice had refused her request, she was glad that she had not shown it to her.
"Come to me the morning after," said Lady Glencora, as she went. This Alice promised to do; and then she was left alone.
