Was this what made her heart palpitate annoyingly when she heard the horse's footsteps on the gravel?--when Miss Merry, who opened the door to Grandcourt, came to tell her that he was in the drawing-room? 
Was this what made her heart palpitate annoyingly when she heard the horse's footsteps on the gravel? - when Miss Merry came to tell her that Grandcourt was in the drawing-room? 