"
She laughed. "Why, I love children. It will be a great pleasure to me to
look after her so far as I have time."
Just then the others returned, and their conversation came to an end.
"It's quite delightful, Geoffrey--such funny old-fashioned rooms. I
really envy you." (If there was one thing in the world that Lady Honoria
hated, it was an old-fashioned room.) "Well, and now we must be going.
Oh! you poor creature, I forgot that you were so knocked about. I am
sure Mr. Granger will give you his arm."
Mr. Granger ambled forward, and Geoffrey having made his adieus, and
borrowed a clerical hat (Mr. Granger's concession to custom, for in most
other respects he dressed like an ordinary farmer), was safely conveyed
to the fly.
And so ended Geoffrey's first day at Bryngelly Vicarage.
CHAPTER XI
BEATRICE MAKES AN APPOINTMENT
Lady Honoria leaned back in the cab, and sighed a sigh of satisfaction.
"That is a capital idea," she said. "I was wondering what arrangements
you could make for the next three weeks. It is ridiculous to pay three
guineas a week for rooms just for you and Effie.
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