"No; but Phyllis tells me she has burst forth into liberty, bicycles,
and wild doings that would drive her parents to distraction if she
dreamt of them."

"How is Lady Phyllis? Did I not hear that the family had gone abroad
for her health?"

"Oh yes, and I went with them. They all had influenza, and were
frightened, but it ended in our meeting with Franceska Vanderkist,
the very most charming looking being I ever did see; and Ivinghoe had
fallen in love with her when she was Miranda, and he married her like
a real old hero. Do you remember Ivinghoe?"

"No; I suppose he was one of an indistinguishable troop of
schoolboys."

"I remember Lord Rotherwood's good nature and fun when he met the
bedraggled party," said Magdalen, smiling.

"That is what every one remembers about him," said Lady Merrifield,
smiling. "You have imported a large party of youth, Miss Prescott."

"My young sisters," responded Magdalen; "but I shall soon part with
Agatha; she is going to Oxford."

"Indeed! To which College? I have a daughter at Oxford, and a niece
just leaving Cambridge. Such is our lot in these days. No, not this
one, but her elder sister Gillian is at Lady Catharine's."

"I am going to St. Robert's," said Agatha, abruptly.