"I am glad I was mistaken, Willy," Mrs Stanhope said, with a touch of diluted sarcasm.
"Yes, I daresay you are," he answered. "But I rather advise you not to make any more mistakes of that sort. Might be awkward for you. Can't help being sorry for you though, cousin Julia. I believe Professor Thornton intends——"
Mrs Stanhope turned paler.
"Where is your mother?" she asked hurriedly.
"Gone to a Christian Science or Salisbury Service," he replied. "Don't know which. I always mix up those two services."
Then Mrs Stanhope, with another glance at Katharine, who still ignored her presence, hastened away.
"By Jove, Kath!" Willy said when they were alone again, "I never saw you so still or so quiet before. You didn't move a muscle."
"If I had moved a muscle, I should have whipped her!" Katharine answered with some of her old spirit.
"Ah," said Willy, nodding his head approvingly, "I perceive you won't die yet. You are still human."