ey are hung for it."

"I'll go away, Lady Fawn--"

"That is ungrateful, my dear. You know that I don't wish you to go
away. But if you behave badly, of course I must tell you of it."

"I'd sooner go away. Everybody here thinks ill of Mr. Greystock. But
I don't think ill of Mr. Greystock, and I never shall. Why did Lord
Fawn say such very hard things about him?"

It was suggested to her that she should be down-stairs early the next
morning, and apologise to Lord Fawn for her rudeness; but she would
not, on that night, undertake to do any such thing. Let Lady Fawn say
what she might, Lucy thought that the injury had been done to her,
and not to his lordship. And so they parted hardly friends. Lady
Fawn gave her no kiss as she went, and Lucy, with obstinate pride,
altogether refused to own her fault. She would only say that she had
better go, and when Lady Fawn over and over again pointed out to her
that the last thing that such a one as Lord Fawn could bear was to be
accused of an untruth, she would continue to say that in that case he
should be careful to say nothing that was untrue. All this was very
dreadful, and created great confusion and unhappiness at Fawn Court.
Lydia came into her room that night, and the two girls talked the
matter over for hours. In the morning Lucy was up early, and found
Lord Fawn walking in the grounds. She had been told that he would
probably be found walking in the grounds, if she were willing to
tender to him any apology.

Her mind had been very full of the subject,--not only in reference to
her lover, but as it regarded her own conduct. One of the elder Fawn
girls had assured her that under no circumstances could a lady be
justified in telling a gentleman that he had spoken an untruth, and
she was not quite sure but that the law so laid down was right. And
then she could not but remember that the gentleman in question was
Lord Fawn, and that she was Lady Fawn's governess. But Mr. Greystock
was her affianced lover, and her first duty was to him. And then,
granting that she herself had been wrong in accusing Lord Fawn of
untruth, she could not refrain from asking herself whether he had not
been much more wrong in saying in her hearing that Mr. Greystock was
not a gentleman? And his offence had preceded her offence, and had
caused it! She hardly knew whether she did or did not owe an apology
to Lord Fawn, but she was quite sure that Lord Fawn owed an apology
to her.

She walked stra