Hyperion to a satyr. Isn't it true? Oh that papa
should have thought it possible!' Then she got up, and walked
about the room, beating her hands together. All this time Mrs Finn
knew that Tregear was lying at Harrington with half his bones
broken, and in danger of his life!
On the next morning Lady Mary received her letters. There were two
lying before her plate when she came into breakfast, one from her
father and the other from Silverbridge. She read that from the
Duke first while Mrs Finn was watching her. 'Papa will be home on
Saturday,' she said. 'He declares that the people in the borough
are quite delighted with Silverbridge for a member. And he is
quite jocose. "They used to be delighted with me once," he says,
"but I suppose everybody changes."' Then she began to pour out
the tea before she opened her brother's letter. Mrs Finn's eyes
were still on her anxiously. 'I wonder what Silverbridge has got
to say about the Brake Hunt.' Then she opened her letter.
'Oh;--oh!' she exclaimed,--'Frank has killed himself.'
'Killed himself! Not that.
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