Rowena knew she was alluding to her unfortunate love affair some years previously.
"I think we're a great disappointment to ourselves," said Rowena. "I see my husband coming. Cheer up, Di. I believe you're going to see light soon. We'll have another talk later."
Di turned to the General with her most charming smile.
"Here is your treasure! I make no apology for having purloined her from your side for a bit. Have you discovered any faults in her yet General?"
"Yes," said General Macdonald promptly. "She has too big a heart."
"You mean that you can't keep every hole and corner in it for yourself! Isn't that a man all over? And you've brought her away into your lonely stronghold, where you mean to keep her under lock and key. Oh, you are all alike! A woman's heart must be satisfied with her house, and man, he can roam the whole world over, and open his heart to all the treasures in it."
General Macdonald was about to reply when Di said:
"Rowena and I have been talking ourselves dry. I want to see your stables; may I?"
He led the way without a word, and when she saw a beautiful brown cob which had been a noted hunter, and was offered the use of him for the time of her stay, she was quite elated.
"I'm going to make hay while the sun shines," she said to Rowena, when they were wishing each other good night, later on, "so you'll get no more grave talks out of me for the present."