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`` I grant it , and perhaps manoeuvre as much , but with more skill than she does , for every one sees the game that she is playing , and the consequence is , that the young men shy off , which they probably would not if she were quiet , for they are really clever , unaffected , and natural girls , very obliging , and without any pride ; but how came you to be so intimate with Lady M -- ? '' `` Lady M -- and her eldest daughter were staying for some time with Madame Bathurst in the country when I was there . '' `` Oh , I understand , that accounts for it . '' `` I am going to call upon Lady M -- , if she sends her carriage for me , '' replied I. `` She told me that she would , if she could , at two o'clock . She has proposed my paying her a visit ; I presume it will be after she leaves town . '' `` But that you will not be able to do , Valerie ; you forget our trip to France . '' `` I did not think that you were serious , '' replied I ; `` you mentioned it as the resolution of a night , and I did not know that you might not think differently upon further consideration . ''