I don't know about attending the concert. I fear few would do that."

"Because that's just the thing that would serve him? If one went,
another would. Well, I shall try and show West Lynne that I don't take
a lesson from their book; I shall be there before it begins, and never
come out till the last song's over. I am not too grand to go, if West
Lynne is."

"You surely do not think of going?"

"I surely do think of it; and papa goes with me--I persuaded him; and I
have given Mr. Kane the promise."

Mr. Carlyle paused. "I am glad to hear it; it will be a perfect boon
to Kane. If it once gets abroad that Lord Mount Severn and Lady Isabel
intend to honor the concert, there won't be standing room."

She danced round with a little gleeful step. "What high and mighty
personages Lord Mount Severn and Lady Isabel seem to be! If you had any
goodness of heart, Mr. Carlyle, you would enlist yourself in the cause
also."

"I think I will," he smiled.

"Papa says you hold sway at West Lynne. If you proclaim that you mean to
go, you will induce others."

"I will proclaim that you do," he answered; "that will be all
sufficient. But, Lady Isabel, you must not expect much gratification
from the performance."