'What do you mean, Archie?'
'Well, why isn't she Miss Townsend any more?'
'She is.'
'But she's not our Miss Townsend any more. Why isn't she?'
'She's gone away.'
'Isn't she coming back?'
'No.'
Watching his mother's face he realised that she didn't regret this, so he said:
'Is Miss Townsend teaching anybody else?'
'I daresay she is, or she will, perhaps.'