"She has been married, then, more than once?"
"I know of a dozen different occasions on which she has had the service performed."
"Infamous!"
"Oh, no. There's no evidence of her ever having been through the divorce court. Indeed, she may never have been married to more than one man at the same time."
"But how to account—"
"For the mortality in husbands? Well, fortunately, we're not required to do that."
"I will not have my dear brother stricken down in his prime!" gasped Miss Matilda.
"Oh, I don't suppose she's necessarily fatal. Still, as mistress of Blanford—"
The Bishop's sister arose in her wrath. For the first time in her existence she wanted to swear, but contented herself by remarking:
"That young woman leaves the palace to-day!"