The secret must be thoroughly
kept!
While Colonel Faversham approved of every endeavour to keep Carrissima
and everybody else in the dark for the present, he was determined to
stand no nonsense. He requested her to go to Golfney Place, and
following the line of least resistance, she went, persuading Bridget to
come to Grandison Square as her father wished. There one afternoon a
few days after the beginning of her engagement she met Jimmy
Clynesworth.
CHAPTER XII
SYBIL
Miss Clynesworth was considerably the oldest member of the group
(consisting of the Favershams, the Drivers and the Clynesworths) with
which this episode in Bridget Rosser's life is concerned.
She was, in fact, more than forty years of age, and even in her
adolescence she had never been beautiful. On the other hand, her face
wore too amiable an expression to be considered very plain, and there
was an almost captivating quaintness in the old-fashioned figure she
presented. She seldom added to her wardrobe unless Jimmy bantered her
into it and gave her a cheque which, as a matter of honour, was to be
used for that especial purpose.
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