"Listen to me before you go. I will give you a life's devotion," the
young man pleaded. He really barred the way.
She wondered whether her grandmother had told him that if her flight
were not prevented she would forfeit money. Then, vividly, it came
over her that this would be what he was occupied with. "I shall
never think of you--let me go!" she cried, with passion.
Captain Jay opened the door, but Rose didn't see his face, and in a
moment she was out of the house. Aunt Julia, who was sure to have
been hovering, had taken flight before the profanity of the knock.
"Heavens, dear, where did you get your mourning?" the lady in the
victoria asked of her daughter as they drove away.
CHAPTER II.
Lady Maresfield had given her boy a push in his plump back and had
said to him, "Go and speak to her now; it's your chance." She had
for a long time wanted this scion to make himself audible to Rose
Tramore, but the opportunity was not easy to come by. The case was
complicated. Lady Maresfield had four daughters, of whom only one
was married. It so happened moreover that this one, Mrs. Vaughan-
Vesey, the only person in the world her mother was afraid of, was the
most to be reckoned with.
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