CHAPTER 10
The day after her visit to Lockleigh she received a note from her friend Miss Stackpole—a note of which the envelope, exhibiting in conjunction the postmark of Liverpool and the neat calligraphy of the quick-fingered Henrietta, caused her some liveliness of emotion. "Here I am, my lovely friend,"Miss Stackpole wrote; "I managed to get off at last.I decided only the night before I left New York—the Interviewer having come round to my figure. I put a few things into a bag, like a veteran journalist, and came down to the steamer in a street-car. Where are you and where can we meet? I suppose you＇re visiting at some castle or other and have already acquired the correct accent. Perhaps even you have married a lord;I almost hope you have, for I want some introductions to the first people and shall count on you for a few.The Interviewer wants some light on the nobility.My first impressions (of the people at large) are not rose-coloured; but I wish to talk them over with you,and you know that, whatever I am, at least I＇m not super昀cial. I＇ve also something very particular to tell you. Do appoint a meeting as quickly as you can;come to London (I should like so much to visit the sights with you) or else let me come to you, wherever you are. I will do so with pleasure; for you know everything interests me and I wish to see as much as possible of the inner life."