She
asked leave to write and thank him, and in return his mother wrote to
hers, "Duke is much gratified by the dear Infanta's note. He would
like to write to her unless he knows you would not object."
To which Caroline replied, "Let him write whatever he pleases to
Barbara. I am sure it will only be what is good for her." Indeed
Babie had been by many degrees quieter since her return.
So a correspondence began, and was carried on till after Easter, when
the whole party came to London for the season. Mrs. Evelyn wished
Fordham to be under Dr. Medlicott's eye; also to give Sydney another
sight of the world, and to superintend Mrs. Cecil Evelyn's very
inexperienced debut.
The young people had made a most exquisitely felicitous tour in the
South of France and North of Spain, and had come back to a pleasant
little house, which had been taken for them near the Park. There
Cecil was bent on giving a great house-warming, a full family party.
He would have everybody, for he had prevailed to have Fordham
sleeping there while his room in his own house received its final
arrangements; and Caroline had added to Ellen's load of obligation by
asking her and the Colonel to come for a couple of nights to behold
their daughter dressed for the Drawing-room.
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