September 6.—
My mother and lady
Grimston have had abundance of private
confabulation these two days, from which
Mrs. Vere and I are excluded. I wish
there may not be some mischief a brewing.
One thing, however has given me pleasure;
lady Grimston has invited her
daughter to stay at Grimston-hall as long
as my mother and I continue here.
Mrs. Vere tells me, she suspects the
subject of their conferences; but she is
perverse, and will not tell me what she
thinks, for fear, as she says, she should
have guessed wrong, and her surmises
would only teaze me.
