her ailment. She was accompanied by her elder
daughter, and Georgiana was left with her father.
Not a word was spoken between them. He sat behind
his newspaper till he went to sleep, and she found
herself alone and deserted in that big room.
It seemed to her that even the servants treated her
with disdain. Her own maid had already given her
notice. It was manifestly the intention of her
family to ostracise her altogether. Of what service
would it be to her that Lady Julia Goldsheiner should
be received everywhere, if she herself were to be
left without a single Christian friend? Would
a life passed exclusively among the Jews content even
her lessened ambition? At ten o’clock she
kissed her father’s head and went to bed.
Her father grunted less audibly...