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Lady Shorland stood there for a long time, taking in thoughtfully all that de la Croisa had to say. She was luminous-minded enough to see that he was speaking the truth. And she could see plainly enough, too, that all the advantages for which she had made so great a sacrifice would slip through her fingers unless she made an effort to retain them.
She had thought the whole matter out carefully. She had made up her mind that her darling ambition should be to preside over some great English house and attach herself to some great territorial title. She recognised that the chances were few and far between, and therefore she decided to sweep Shorland into her net almost the very day in which she came into contact with him, and all the more because of Lady Edna's open contempt for her.