"You must be tired, and we
shall be dining directly."
Miss Merton allowed herself to be led up-stairs, looking curiously round
her at every step.
"I say, you must be well off!" she burst out, as they came to the head
of the stairs, "or you'd never be able to run a place like this!"
"Papa left me all his money," said Diana, coloring again. "I hope he
wouldn't have thought it extravagant."
She passed on in front of her guest, holding a candle. Fanny Merton
followed. At Diana's statement as to her father's money the girl's face
had suddenly resumed its sly hostility. And as Diana walked before her,
Miss Merton again examined the house, the furniture, the pictures; but
this time, and unknown to Diana, with the air of one half jealous and
half contemptuous of all she saw.
Part II
"_The soberest saints are more stiff-necked
Than the hottest-headed of the wicked._"
CHAPTER VII
"I shall soon be back," said Diana--"very soon. I'll just take this book
to Dr. Roughsedge. You don't mind?"
The question was addressed--in a deprecatory tone--to Mrs. Colwood, who
stood beside her at the Beechcote front door.
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