"I wish he was."
"You wish my husband dead?"
"Oh, confound your husband!"
"Mr. Allingford——!"
"No, no, I don't mean that. I'm not responsible for what I'm saying," he replied, and groaned aloud. But his companion was not to be put off.
"Is that telegram from my husband?"
"No."
"From my mother-in-law?"
"No."
"From Aunt Eliza?"