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Pray say
so, from me, to your friend Mr. Romayne."
And what does this amount to?--you will ask. My reverend friend,
it offers me an opportunity, in the future, of bringing Romayne and
Winterfield together. Do you see the complications which may ensue? If
I can put no other difficulty in Miss Eyrecourt's way, I think there
is fruitful promise of a scandal of some kind arising out of the
introduction to each other of those two men. You will agree with me that
a scandal may prove a valuable obstacle in the way of a marriage.
Mr. Winterfield has kindly invited me to call on him when he is next in
London. I may then have opportunities of putting questions which I could
not venture to ask on a short acquaintance.
In the meantime, I have obtained another introduction since my return to
town. I have been presented to Miss Eyrecourt's mother, and I am invited
to drink tea with her on Wednesday. My next letter may tell you--what
Penrose ought to have discovered--whether Romayne has been already
entrapped into a marriage engagement or not.
Farewell for the present.


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