'
'I rather thinks she wants to see you,' said the father.
'I shall go to the theatre after her.'
'That might be awkward,--particularly as I doubt whether anybody
knows what theatre they are gone to. Can I receive a message for
her, my lord?' This was certainly not what Lord Silverbridge had
intended. 'You know, perhaps, that I have seen the Duke?'
'Oh yes;--I have seen him. Everything is settled.'
'That is the only message she will want to hear when she comes
home. She is a happy girl and I am proud to think that I should
live to call such a grand young Briton as you my son-in-law.'
Then the American took the young man's two hands and shook them
cordially, while Mrs Boncassen bursting into tears insisted on
kissing him.
'Indeed she is a happy girl,' said she; 'but I hope Isabel won't
be carried away too high and mighty.'
CHAPTER 72
Carlton Terrace
Three days after this it was arranged that Isabel should be taken
to Carlton Terrace to be accepted there into the full good graces
of her future father-in-law, and to go through the pleasant
ceremony of seeing the house which it was her destiny to be
mistress.
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