The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper, Chapter 3

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌⁠‘Lady Camper is no common enigma,’ General Ople observed to his daughter.

Elizabeth inclined to be pleased with her, for at her suggestion the General had bought a couple of horses, that she might ride in the park, accompanied by her father or the little groom. Still, the great lady was hard to read. She tested the resources of his income by all sorts of instigation to expenditure, which his gallan