'Oh, not having to work, coming into some money. You see, it fills up the time which he can't afford to spend on amusements.'
Edith laughed.
'It's a bore for you….'
'Oh, I don't mind much; but you see we all have our little troubles.'
'Then, how did you say I ought to behave about the Selseys?'
'Don't behave at all. Be perfectly natural, ignore it. By acting as if things were just as you liked, they often become so.'
There was a ring on the telephone.
Edith went into the next room to answer it, and came back to say—
'Bruce has just rung up. He wants to know if Raggett's here. He says he'll be home in half an hour. He doesn't feel up to the mark, and can't stay at the office.'
'Poor little Edith!'