Two days after Sir John had been taken into confidence, Philip
received a visit from Lady Bellamy that caused him a good deal of
discomfort. After talking to him on general subjects for awhile, she
rose to go.
"By the way, Mr. Caresfoot," she said, "I really had almost forgotten
the object of my visit. You may remember a conversation we had
together some time ago, when I was the means of paying a debt owing to
you?"
Philip nodded.
"Then you will not have forgotten that one of the articles of our
little verbal convention was, that if it should be considered to the
interest of all the parties concerned, your daughter's old nurse was
not to remain in your house?"
"I remember."
"Well, do you know, I cannot help thinking that it must be a bad thing
for Angela to have so much of t
