Chapter 25

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌⁠Meanwhile the interior of Welland House was rattling with the progress of the ecclesiastical luncheon.

The Bishop, who sat at Lady Constantine's side, seemed enchanted with her company, and from the beginning she engrossed his attention almost entirely. The truth was that the circumstance of her not having her whole soul centred on the success of the repast and the pleasure of Bishop Helmsdale, imp