CONCLUSION

situationbeinguncomfortable,andconfirmedherintheplanofalteringit.Nounkindness,however,onthepartofLadySusanappeared.PersecutiononthesubjectofSirJameswasentirelyatanendhisnamemerelymentionedtosaythathewasnotinLondonandindeed,inallherconversation,shewassolicitousonlyforthewelfareandimprovementofherdaughter,acknowledging,intermsofgratefuldelight,thatFredericawasnowgrowingeverydaymoreandmorewhataparentcoulddesire.Mrs.Vernon,surprizedandincredulous,knewnotwhattosuspect,and,withoutanychangeinherownviews,onlyfearedgreaterdifficultyinaccomplishingthem.ThefirsthopeofanythingbetterwasderivedfromLadySusan’saskingherwhethershethoughtFredericalookedquiteaswellasshehaddoneatChurchhill,asshemustconfessherselftohavesometimesananxiousdoubtofLondon’sperfectlyagreeingwithher.Mrs.Vernon,encouragingthedoubt,directlyproposedherniece’sreturningwiththemintothecountry.LadySusanwasunabletoexpresshersenseofsuchkindness,yetknewnot,fromavarietyofreasons,howtopartwithherdaughterandas,thoughherownplanswerenotyetwhollyfixed,shetrusteditwoulderelongbeinherpowertotakeFredericaintothecountryherself,concludedbydecliningentirelytoprofitbysuchunexampledattention.Mrs.Vernonpersevered,however,intheofferofit,andthoughLadySusancontinuedtoresist,herresistanceinthecourseofafewdaysseemedsomewhatlessformidable.Theluckyalarmofaninfluenzadecidedwhatmightnothavebeendecidedquitesosoon.LadySusan’smaternalfearswerethentoomuchawakenedforhertothinkofanythingbutFrederica’sremovalfromtheriskofinfectionabovealldisordersintheworldshemostdreadedtheinfluenzaforherdau