When the churchgoers assembled, Guy looked for Phoebe and presently found her with his sister Alice.
‘Look here, Phoebe,’ said Guy, ‘oh, hullo, Alice, I say, Phoebe, what about us going over to Plumstead to-day in your car? I can show you a marvellous 15th-century house that we are reconditioning, just outside the village.’
Alice, realising from her brother’s manner that she was not included in this invitation, had moved away and was taken possession of by Miss Merriman.
‘We might,’ said Phoebe, ‘if mother doesn’t know. I can see it in her eyes that she wants to get me and Gillie alone together this afternoon. The snag is it’s her car, not mine. Well, anyway, he won’t have to walk to church with me, the poor lamb. Look!’
Guy looked and saw Lady Pomfret, all furs and pearls, sweeping ac
