"Curious, isn't it?"
"It's most tantalisingly curious," said Sir John.
"But, all the same, we mustn't forget the flowers," remarked Alicia, with affected gaiety.
They moved on, and the onlookers, still canvassing the incident, scattered their various ways.
It was Coxon who told Lady Eynesford about it afterwards, and her comment to the Governor that evening at dinner was,
"There, Willie! Didn't I tell you something horrid would come of having those people?"
No one answered her. The Governor knew better than to encourage a discussion. Dick swore softly under his breath at Coxon, and Alicia began to criticise Lady Perry's costume. Lady Eynesford followed up her triumph.
"I hope all you Medlandites are satisfied now," she said.
And Lady Eynesford was not the only person who found some satisfaction in this unfortunate incident, for when Daisy told Norburn about it, he remarked, with an extraordinary want of reason,