Smithers'
infatuation was complete, when it was announced at the breakfast table
that the Hon. John McPherson, with Lady Jane and Neil, would arrive that
evening in time for dinner.
Instantly Archie's face flushed crimson, for he had not seen his uncle
since his marriage, which had called forth a letter so angry in its tone
that he had never answered it, or sought for any further intercourse
with his indignant relative.
Daisy, on the contrary, was wholly unmoved.
"_Veni, vidi, vici_," was her motto, which had proved true in so many
instances that she fancied she had only to meet the haughty Lady Jane
face to face and conquer her also. And yet she did feel a little nervous
when, as the hour for the train drew near, she went to her room and
commenced her toilet for dinner.
"Let me see," she murmured: "they have undoubtedly heard that I am a
brazen face and a minx, and awfully extravagant and flashy in style; so
simplicity in dress and modesty of demeanor will best suit me now. I
must not wear my paste diamonds, for though I've no idea Lady Jane can
tell them from the real, she would think them far too expensive for
people in our circumstances, and wonder how I got them.
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