He will ask her, probably
with an oath, why the ----- she is not dressed? and if she always intends
to keep her company waiting? An hour hence, each with a smirk, and the
lady in smart raiment, with flowers in her hair, will be greeting their
guests as they arrive. Then will come dinner and such conversation as it
brings. Then at night Sir Barnes will issue forth, cigar in mouth; to
return to his own chamber at his own hour; to breakfast by himself; to go
Citywards, money-getting. He will see his children once a fortnight, and
exchange a dozen sharp words with his wife twice in that time.
More and more sad does the Lady Clara become from day to day; liking more
to sit lonely over the fire; careless about the sarcasms of her husband;
the prattle of her children. She cries sometimes over the cradle of the
young heir. She is aweary, aweary. You understand, the man to whom her
parents sold her does not make her happy, though she has been bought with
diamonds, two carriages, several large footmen, a fine country-house with
delightful gardens, and conservatories, and with all this she is
miserable--is it possible?
CHAPTER LIII
In which Kinsmen fall out
Not the least difficult part of Thomas Newcome's present business was to
keep from his son all knowledge of the negotiation in which he was
engaged on Clive's behalf.
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