Chapter 17

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌⁠In her days of prosperity Lady Constantine had often gone to the city of Bath, either frivolously, for shopping purposes, or musico-religiously, to attend choir festivals in the abbey; so there was nothing surprising in her reverting to an old practice. That the journey might appear to be of a somewhat similar nature she took with her the servant who had been accustomed to accompany her on former