Just what has happened several times.

I said I had a headache, and he did not come in to see me.

Tomorrow we're going away; I must see him and get ready for the journey," she said to herself.

And learning that he was in his study, she went down to him.

As she passed through the drawing room she heard a carriage stop at the entrance, and looking out of the window she saw the carriage, from which a young girl in a lilac hat was leaning out giving some direction to the footman ringing the bell.