Robarts's mind. She had
seen at once that all the close intimacy between them was over, and
thought that everything was as it should be.
"Do you know, I have an idea," she said in the pony carriage that
day, "that Lord Lufton will marry Griselda Grantly." Lucy could
not refrain from giving a little check at the reins which she was
holding, and she felt that the blood rushed quickly to her heart. But
she did not betray herself. "Perhaps he may," she said, and then gave
the pony a little touch with her whip.
"Oh, Lucy, I won't have Puck beaten. He was going very nicely."
"I beg Puck's pardon. But you see when one is trusted with a whip one
feels such a longing to use it."
"Oh, but you should keep it still. I feel almost certain that Lady
Lufton would like such a match."
"I dare say she might. Miss Grantly will have a large fortune, I
believe."
"It is not that altogether: but she is the sort of young lady that
Lady Lufton likes. She is ladylike and very beautiful--"
"Come, Fanny!"
"I really think she is; not what I should call lovely, you know, but
very beautiful. And then she is quiet and reserved; she does not
require excitement, and I am sure is conscientious in the performance
of her duties."
"Very conscientious, I have no doubt," said Lucy, with something like
a sneer in her tone.
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