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I shall bring you and Lady Jane together. She is sure to like
you."
"Thank you." Daisy said. "I hope she may, for Bessie's sake. She could
be of use to her in the future; but, if you please, do not tell her she
is to meet me, or she may decline your invitation."
"Very well," was Mrs. Smithers' reply. "I will say nothing about you."
And so, without mentioning all her expected guests, Mrs. Smithers asked
Lady Jane to visit her in August, and that lady, who had twice before
enjoyed the hospitalities of Penrhyn Park, accepted readily, with no
suspicion that the woman whom she detested more than any creature in the
world was to be there also.
The house at Penrhyn Park was very large and commodious, with a wing on
either side of the main building, and in these wings were situated the
sleeping rooms for guests. A wide hall divided the main part, and on the
second floor were two large, airy chambers, opposite each other, with
dressing-room, and bath-room, and alcove for bed attached, and the whole
fitted up elegantly.


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