She returned, however, and said, 'I regard all this as not your own
fault, Hyacinth, but the fault of _that Miss Yeo_. From the first I saw
she had an evil influence, and I've been proved, as, perhaps
unfortunately, I always am, to be perfectly right.'


'The worst of it was,' Hyacinth said, when relating the conversation to
Anne a little later,' that I _can't_ tell Auntie that I'm engaged. Isn't
it awful?'

'You soon will be,' said Anne consolingly.

'Do you really think so?'

'Yes, and I'm glad Lady Cannon was scored off, anyhow.'

'Edith told me about her having mentioned to Bruce about our meeting the
nurse and baby. She was very sorry, but I thought it didn't matter a
bit. Why do you think Bruce tried to make mischief in this horrid way?'

'Only because he's a fool. Like so many of us, he's in love with you,'
said Anne.

Hyacinth laughed, thinking Anne was in fun.




CHAPTER XV