“Yes, and I did so. I yield every thing she desires; and why not, as I am not certain that her affections wander?”
“Quite correct; but did any thing occur there?”
“Perhaps you deem it nothing. She hung on the arm of Colonel Foreshore for a couple of hours.”
“The old Indian colonel?”
“Yes.”
“Well, really, I do not see any thing in that. I happened to be at that show myself with Mrs. Forrester and a distinguished relative of ours. I remember that among the flowers were several Oriental plants, which our florists have succeeded in naturalising. This is one of the most common incidents of a flower-show.”
“I wish I could look upon these things as you do. A single incident of the kind might not have aroused my apprehensions; but so many, and at various times furnish a collective evidence impossible to resist.”
“How long have you been married?”
“A little more than two years.”
“Any family?”