‘I never said so, Felix.  And now I have a great object.’

‘What will Hetta do?’

‘Go too—­why shouldn’t she?’

‘Oh; I didn’t know.  I thought that perhaps she mightn’t like it.’

’I don’t see why she shouldn’t like it.  Besides, everything can’t give way to her.’

‘Has Roger asked you?’

’No; but I’m sure he’d be pleased to have us if I proposed that we should all go.’

‘Not me, mother!’

‘Yes; you especially.’

’Not if I know it, mother.  What on earth should I do at Carbury Manor?’

’Madame Melmotte told me last night that they were all going down to Caversham...