Why?

Quex.

She's staying at Fauncey Court also.

Frayne.

The Duchess!

Quex.

She proposed herself for a visit. I dared not raise any objection, for her reputation's sake; the ladies would have suspected at once. You're one of the few, Chick, who ever got an inkling of that business.

Frayne.

Very awkward!

Quex.