"He was very civil for him. He must mean to think about it, about something of the sort anyhow," Southend explained. "I shouldn't wonder if it had been in his mind," he added to Lady Evenswood.
"Neither should I. At any rate he took it splendidly. I almost wish we'd spoken of the marriage."
"Couldn't you write to him?"
"He wouldn't read it, George."
"Telegraph then!"
"It would really be worth trying—considering how
he took it." Lady Evenswood did not seem able to get over the Prime Minister's extraordinary affability.
"Well, if he treats you like that—great people like you—and you're pleased, thank goodness I never met him alone!" Mina was not shy with them any more; she had suffered worse.
They glanced at one another.
"It was you, my dear. He'd have been more difficult with us," said Lady Evenswood.