"He＇s a grand old man," she said; "he＇s faithful to the last. If it＇s really to be the last—pardon my alluding to it, but you must often have thought of the possibility—I＇m sorry that I shall not be at Gardencourt."
"You＇ll amuse yourself much more in Bedfordshire.""I shall be sorry to amuse myself at such a time," said Henrietta with much propriety. But she immediately added: "I should like so to commemorate the closing scene."
