When that honour is not accorded you, you and I will dine here, darling,
by our two selves."
"Then I hope Lady Chillington will not invite me oftener than once a
month," cried impulsive Janet.
"The number of your invitations to dinner will depend upon the extent of
her liking for you, so that we shall soon know whether or no you are a
favourite. She may or may not require you after dinner. If she does
require you, it may be either for reading or music, or to play
backgammon with her; or even to sit quietly with her without speaking,
for the mere sake of companionship. One fact you will soon discover for
yourself--that her ladyship does not like to be long alone. And now,
dearest, I think I have told you enough for the present. We will talk
further of these things to-morrow. Give me just one kiss and see what
you can find to play among that heap of old music on the piano. Madame
Delclos used to write in raptures of your style and touch. We will now
prove whether her eulogy was well founded."
Janet found that she was not to occupy the same bed-room as on her first
visit to Deepley Walls, but one nearer that of Sister Agnes.
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