Bunbury's wife and
daughter are coming on a visit to London for a few weeks. Mark has
promised to play cicerone, and he is anxious I shall call and invite
the Bunburys here. Of course I told him I should be quite pleased. By
the bye," Phoebe added, "I met Sybil Clynesworth the other day. She
said that Jimmy and his wife would soon be home."
"They are still living together," said Lawrence.
They had not returned to England since their wedding, and it seemed
that Bridget had passed entirely out of Carrissima's life, after
occupying a considerable space in it for many weeks. Whatever the
future might prove concerning her influence over Jimmy, it certainly
appeared that she had brought nothing but mischief upon the household
in Grandison Square.
Colonel Faversham had never been quite the same man since that morning
he went to Number 5, Golfney Place, and found that Bridget had
departed. Signs of age had become suddenly visible; he devoted his
life less to golf, and spent far more time at home--not an unmitigated
advantage to his daughter.
As for Carrissima, she did her best to take a calm survey of the
situation, but without being able to understand why Mark continued to
sulk in his tent.
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