ABSTRACT
One day, that Matilda entered Lady Torrendale’s sitting-room, rather unexpectedly, she found her engaged in conversation with Lord Strathallan; in which the Countess seemed to be remonstrating on some subject that deeply interested her, and his Lordship with equal eagerness attempting to justify himself. ‘I hope I have given proofs of the sincerity – the warmth with which I –’ He stopped, without concluding the sentence, as Matilda appeared. Both paused, and then attempted to turn the conversation, with the / air of persons who had been interrupted in discussing a subject of importance.
