I
am sorry I made him come here!"
"It is about time for lunch," said John Derringham, who could no longer
bear her prattle; and they returned to the hotel.
Arabella and an American man made the _partie carree_, and Miss Clinker
did her best to help to get through the repast, and afterwards wrote in
a letter to her mother:
Mr. Derringham has arrived. He still looks dreadfully ill and
careworn, and I can see is feeling his position acutely. Since that
dreadful day when he found my notes in Gibbon, I have never dared to
look at him when in the company of M. E. I feel that distressing
sensation of hot and cold during the whole time. M. E., now that no
further great efforts are needed, chatters on with most disquieting
inconsequence. I can see she is very much upset at Mr. Derringham's
attitude. The impression that the Conservative Goverment cannot last
has had also a great effect upon her, and she has set me to find out
exactly the position and amount of prestige the wife of a rising
member of the Opposition would have.
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