R." in his book while yet the sentence was
incomplete.
"How did you know?" she demanded eagerly.
"I beg your pardon, madam!" said the salesman, whilst Mr. Donaldson
drew watchfully nearer.
"You wrote down the initials before I told you what they were!" she
exclaimed.
"I think not," said Mr. Donaldson hastily. "I think you are making a
mistake!"
She knew she had done nothing of the kind. She knew that Colonel
Faversham must have been at the jeweller's before her this morning;
that he had selected something to commemorate Bridget's birthday;
something upon which also her initials were to be engraved.
"After all," she said, "I think you shall send the card-case to
Grandison Square to-morrow morning."
Carrissima paid the bill, but in the reaction of her feelings she
doubted whether she should give Bridget a present after all. It began
to look as if there were some justification for Lawrence's suspicions,
and for the first time she experienced serious fears for the future.
CHAPTER VII
THE EXCURSION
Carrissima could not make up her mind. When she set forth to Charteris
Street to help in the entertainment of Phoebe's extremely juvenile
guests, she was determined not to go near Golfney Place the following
day.
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