Chapter 58

“Well, you can’t prefer my company to Lady Roehampton’s.” “My dear Mrs. Spedding, you know nothing whatever about Lady Roehampton.” Teresa felt terribly snubbed; Sebastian had suddenly become harsh and distant. She supposed that she ought not to have mentioned his friends. Evidently he thought of her as something quite separate, and with a chill at her heart she abandoned the dream that he would one night ask her to a dinner-party in Grosvenor Square. He was standing over at the window now, staring gloomily out int…