"With her?"
"Sometimes with her. I don't think he's doing anything about another constituency; seems to have chucked it for the present. But he does appear to be having a very good time in London."
"Is he friendly when you meet?"
"Yes, he's friendly and jolly enough." Billy smiled. "It's true that he's generally in a hurry. When I met him with her once, he was in too much of a hurry to stop!"
"It's very sad, but I'm afraid his memories of us are not those of unmixed pleasure."
"I'm afraid not. Andy says he never goes down to Meriton."
"Well, really I don't very well see how he could—with her!"
"I suppose he and his people have some understanding about it. One's sorry for them, you know."
"I think I shall go down to Meriton again this autumn. Any chance of your being there—as a family man?"
"I've promised to speak for Andy, so we may put in a few days there. Most of the time I shall have to be preaching to my own flock. I say, will you come and meet Amaranth?"