DEAREST ADELAIDE,
All right. If Chiltern can take me for a couple of nights,
I'll come down next week, and settle about the horses, and
will arrange everything.
Ever your own, with all my heart,
G. M.
"He will settle about his horses, and arrange everything," said
Adelaide, as she showed the letter to Lady Chiltern. "The horses
first, and everything afterwards. The everything, of course, includes
all my future happiness, the day of my marriage, whether to-morrow or
in ten years' time, and the place where we shall live."
"At any rate, he's coming."
"Yes;--but when? He says next week, but he does not name any day. Did
you ever hear or see anything so unsatisfactory?"
"I thought you would be glad to see him."
"So I should be,--if there was any sense in him. I shall be glad, and
shall kiss him."
"I dare say you will."
"And let him put his arm round my waist and be happy. He will be
happy because he will think of nothing beyond. But what is to be the
end of it?"
"He says that he will settle everything.
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