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And then, though the letter was an odious letter, as she
declared a dozen times, she took some little comfort in the fact that
not a word was said in it about the baby. She thought that if she could
take her child with her into any separation, she could endure it, and
her husband would ultimately be conquered.
'Yes; I'll see her,' she said, as they finished the discussion. 'As he
chooses to send her, I suppose I had better see her. But I don't think
he does much to mend matters when he sends the woman whom he knows I
dislike more than any other in all London.'
Exactly at twelve o'clock Lady Milborough's carriage was at the door.
Trevelyan was in the house at the time and heard the knock at the door.
During those two or three days of absolute wretchedness, he spent most
of his hours under the same roof with his wife and sister-in-law,
though he spoke to neither of them. He had had his doubts as to the
reception of Lady Milborough, and was, to tell the truth, listening
with most anxious ear, when her Ladyship was announced.


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