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`` Oh well , '' said Henrietta , `` I 've something to find out too ! '' And Isabel saw that she had not renounced an allegiance , but planned an attack . She was at last about to grapple in earnest with England . Isabel also perceived , however , on the morrow , at the Paddington Station , where she found herself , at ten o'clock , in the company both of Miss Stackpole and Mr. Bantling , that the gentleman bore his perplexities lightly . If he had not found out everything he had found out at least the great point -- that Miss Stackpole would not be wanting in initiative . It was evident that in the selection of a wife he had been on his guard against this deficiency . `` Henrietta has told me , and I 'm very glad , '' Isabel said as she gave him her hand .