The things we do!

Barnes would take the
matter in hand at the proper season; the Colonel might be sure it would
be most eagerly, most ardently pressed. Clive came home at this juncture,
whom Barnes saluted affectionately. He and the Colonel had talked over
their money business; their conversation had been most satisfactory,
thank you. "Has it not, Colonel?" The three parted the very best of
friends.
As Barnes Newcome professed that extreme interest for his cousin and
uncle, it is odd he did not tell them that Lady Kew and Miss Ethel
Newcome were at that moment within a mile of them, at her ladyship's
house in Queen Street, Mayfair. In the hearing of Clive's servant, Barnes
did not order his brougham to drive to Queen Street, but waited until he
was in Bond Street before he gave the order.
And, of course, when he entered Lady Kew's house, he straightway asked
for his sister, and communicated to her the generous offer which the good
Colonel had made.
You see, Lady Kew was in town, and not in town.


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