Each morning lately she had feared that a letter from home would call upon her to explain the meaning of some frightful rumours reaching Caversham, or that her father would come to her and with horror on his face demand to know whether it was indeed true that she had given her sanction to so abominable a report.

Each morning lately she had feared that a letter from home would call upon her to explain the meaning of some frightful rumours reaching Caversham.
