ABSTRACT
Lady Torrendale, finding that Mrs. Melbourne was settled for some time as her neighbour in the country, with all the promptitude, and decision of a woman of the world, at once took her resolution. On the day that followed their accidental meeting, at Sir Harold’s, she visited her; conversing with the same ease, as if there had been no previous coolness, or cause of complaint. Mrs. Melbourne, who could not retain resentment, where her feelings were so nearly allied to contempt, thought a renewal of intercourse with Arbella, might be of benefit to Matilda’s spirits; and therefore did not / retreat from the advances of the Countess: while Sowerby, who rather liked Lord Torrendale, from some points of resemblance in their characters, consented at times to endure her Ladyship, as a necessary evil.
