"His mother-in-law will be after them, of course," she said. "There'll be no keeping it from her. Such a dreadful person she is!"
"She rides races in boy's clothes," put in the duke. "She does—doesn't she, Doody?"
"And she bathes in one-piece, Continental bathing-suits," volunteered Waltheof. "I've seen her at Ostend. Ripping figure for the mother of such a big girl!"
"I wonder what will happen next?" mused Lady Bellingdown, who loved Carleigh like a son and was more than a little frightened.
"Nina will happen next," said Lord Kneedrock, sotto voce.
He was wondering why it was that the new Lady Carleigh reminded him so much of that Ramsay girl he had met through Nina at Simla.
CHAPTER XXII
The Interrupted Honeymoon
The Carleighs went to Madeira for their honeymoon. It is a popular place for honeymoons; but not so popular as some others, because it's farther away.