"Understand what?"
"You told me ten days ago that you'd like to marry my stepdaughter. You've not forgotten it!"
"Forgotten it? I wrote to Mr. Osmond about it this morning."
"Ah," said Isabel, "he didn't mention to me that he had heard from you."
Lord Warburton stammered a little. "I—I didn't send my letter."
"Perhaps you forgot that."
"No, I wasn't satisfied with it. It's an awkward sort of letter to write, you know. But I shall send it to-night."