"Of course it would——"
"So you'll come?"
"Yes, I'll come—if I possibly can," said Bernadette.
They all began to laugh. Bernadette joined in. "Back to where we began—just like a woman!" exclaimed Arthur.
"There—that's just what I mean, Miss Sarradet. He's begun to bully!"
"Well, I must. Because why shouldn't you be able to come, you see?"
She looked at him, pursing up her smiling lips. "Circumstances, Cousin Arthur!" And she pushed back her chair from the table.
"Oh, rot! And, I say, don't go, Bernadette!"
"I must. I'm awfully sorry to. You're all so nice."
"And if you possibly can, Mrs. Lisle? D.V.? That kind of thing, you know?"