'I am delighted to hear you speak thus, dearest,' said Lady Maulevrier.
'And if Mr. Hamilton--Hammond, I mean--should have the audacity to
follow you to Kirkbank, and to intrude himself upon you there--perhaps
to persecute you with clandestine addresses----'
'I do not believe he would do anything clandestine,' said Lesbia,
drawing herself up. 'He is quite above that.'
'My dear child, we know absolutely nothing about him. He has his way to
make in the world unaided by family or connections. He is
clever--daring. Such a man cannot help being an adventurer; and an
adventurer is capable of anything. I warn you to beware of him.'
'I don't suppose I shall ever see his face again,' retorted Lesbia,
irritably.
She had made up her mind that her life was not to be spoiled, her
brilliant future sacrificed, for the sake of John Hammond; but the wound
which she had suffered in renouncing him was still fresh, her feelings
were still sore. Any contemptuous mention of him stung her to the quick.
'I hope not. And you will beware of other adventurers, Lesbia, men of a
worse stamp than Mr.
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