'Perhaps it is better that you should
know it all,' he said as he told it.
'Poor girl! Yes, Duke, upon the whole it is better that I should
know it all,' said Lady Cantrip. 'Of course he will not come
here.'
'Oh dear; I hope not.'
'Nor to The Horns.'
'I hope he will never see her again anywhere,' said the Duke.
'Poor girl!'
'Have I not been right? Is it not best to put an end to such a
thing at once?'
'Certainly at once, if it has to be put an end to,--and can be put
an end to.'
'It must be put an end to,' said the Duke, very decidedly. 'Do you
not see that it must be so? Who is Mr Tregear?'
'I suppose they were allowed to be together?'
'He was unfortunately intimate with Silverbridge, who took him
over to Italy. He has nothing; not even a profession.' Lady
Cantrip could not but smile when she remembered the immense wealth
of the man who was speaking to her;--and the Duke saw the smile and
understood it. 'You will understand what I mean, Lady Cantrip. If
this young man were in other respects suitable, of course I could
find an income for them.
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