Of course they got up, Hyacinth blushing and laughing, and entreated her to come in.
She sat there a few minutes, hoping to chill their high spirits, then abruptly left them in the middle of a sentence.
At dinner that evening she appeared quite as usual. She had taken a resolution.
CHAPTER XXIII
Bruce Convalescent
'It's very important,' said Bruce, 'that I don't see too many people at a time. You must arrange the visitors carefully. Who is coming this afternoon?'
'I don't know of anyone, except perhaps your mother, and Mr Raggett.'
'Ah! Well, I can't see them both at once.'
'Really? Why not?'
'Why not? What a question! Because it would be a terrible fatigue for me. I shouldn't be able to stand it. In fact I'm not sure that I ought to see Raggett at all.'