Roger glanced at her, eyebrows lifted.
"What's she driving at, Aunt Alice?"
"Lord knows!" said Alicia shortly.
Jean grew huffed.
"It's all very well, Alicia, to take that tone. You know what I mean perfectly well. Considering how reticent Elsbeth was over her own affairs to us—she wouldn't be likely to confide anything about Alwynne. But Elsbeth always imagined no one had any eyes."
Alicia moved uneasily in her chair.
"Jean, will you never let that foolish gossip be? It wasn't your business thirty years ago—at least let it alone now."
"It's all very well to be superior, Alicia, but you know you agreed with me at the time."
Roger chuckled.