"
Yelverton, too, noticed the disquieting change that had come over Lady
Brigit, and observed with some amusement that she had noticed his
observation and did not care about it, one way or the other.
Theo, seeing his love with the rosiest of spectacles, asked her gently
what was the matter, and was told in a quiet voice that she was cross.
"I have an abominable temper, poor boy," she said.
And possibly because it was the simple truth, it never occurred to him
to believe her, and he set this remark down as an example of her divine
humility.
Her mother, glaring at her toward the end of dinner, shrugged her
shoulders.
"Cross again," she thought; "what an infernal temper she has. I'm glad I
haven't, it makes so many wrinkles."
But Brigit had some reason for looking tragic, for she had made up her
mind, while dressing, to break her engagement. Perhaps, after all,
Joyselle would prove large-minded enough to continue to see Tommy, and
even if he did not, she must end matters.
Regarding herself, the girl had a curious prescience, and the vague
foreboding she had felt ever since her realisation of her love for
Joyselle had, as she sat before her glass while her maid dressed her
hair, suddenly developed into a definite terror.
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