"Do I mean she's guilty? Oh dear no, not yet, I hope.I only mean that Osmond's very tiresome and that Lord Warburton, as I hear, is a great deal at the house. I'm afraid you're scandalised."
"No, I'm just anxious," Henrietta said.
"Ah, you're not very complimentary to Isabel!You should have more confidence. I'll tell you," the Countess added quickly: "if it will be a comfort to you I engage to draw him off."