“Lit his pipe with them, I expect.”
“Oh, what shall we do?”
“I don’t know.”
“What—what do you think they said, Mr. Ellerton?”
“How can I tell? Perhaps that the marriage was off!”
“Oh!” escaped from Dora.
“Perhaps that it was going on.”
“It’s worse than ever. They may have asked for answers.”
“Probably.”
“And they won’t have written here!”