"Know what?" he asked cautiously.
"That she's been married dozens of times already."
"I don't think I can subscribe to more than half a dozen. But Miss Arminster certainly does seem to have a fondness for that sort of thing."
"And in the face of such scandalous proceedings do you consider her a fit person to marry your poor misguided father?"
"I've told you I don't approve," he said, and added: "How did you come to know about Miss Arminster's marriages?"
"Mr. Marchmont told me."
"Confound him!"
"Cecil! Mr. Marchmont's a gentleman."
"He's a mischief-maker of the first water."
"Do not let us waste time in discussing his character. The important question is, what are we to do about your father's marriage?"