Lady
Rotherwood was afraid of the fatigue, and Florence therefore wished
to accompany her cousins, who, as Eleanor meant to stay at home, were
to be under Mrs. Weston's protection. Lady Florence and her brother,
therefore, agreed to ride home by Broomhill, and mention the plan to
Mrs. Weston, and took their leave, appointing Adam's shop as the
place of rendezvous.
Next morning Emily, Lilias, and Jane happened to be together in the
drawing-room, when Mr. Mohun and Claude came in, the former saying to
Lily, 'Here is the mason's account for the gravestone which you
wished to have put up to Agnes Eden; it comes to two pounds. You
undertook half the expense, and as Claude is going to Raynham, he
will pay for it if you will give him your sovereign.'
'I will,' said Lily, 'but first I must ask Emily to pay me for the
London commissions.'
Emily repented not having had a private conference with Lily.
'So you have not settled your accounts,' said Mr. Mohun. 'I hope
Lily has not ruined you, Emily.'
'I thought her a mirror of prudence,' said Claude.
'Well, Emily, is the sovereign forthcoming? I am going directly, for
Frank has something to do at Raynham, and William is going to try his
gray in the phaeton.
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