Presently，however，heheardalighttapathisdoor，thenthedooropenedslowly，andhecouldseetheflashofLadyArabella’swhitedressthroughtheopening。
CHAPTERXVI——AVISITOFSYMPATHY
CaswallwasgenuinelysurprisedwhenhesawLadyArabella，thoughheneednothavebeen，afterwhathadalreadyoccurredinthesameway。
ThelookofsurpriseonhisfacewassomuchgreaterthanLadyArabellahadexpected——thoughshethoughtshewaspreparedtomeetanythingthatmightoccur——thatshestoodstill，insheeramazement。
Cold—bloodedasshewasandreadyforallsocialemergencies，shewasnonplussedhowtogoon。Shewasplucky，however，andbegantospeakatonce，althoughshehadnottheslightestideawhatshewasgoingtosay。