“Bad form,” said Diana judicially.
“Oh, very. And she had a very vehement and emphatic way of talking, that one rather disliked. However, as I say, she has improved very much since then.”
“I wonder what she’ll do now?”
“There’s no reason why she shouldn’t train as a Red Cross nurse, I suppose,” said Lady Aviolet rather doubtfully. “I believe the most unlikely people succeed in passing the examinations, and get their certificates, so I suppose it isn’t very difficult.”
“I’m getting up some ambulance classes at home, of course. If Ford gets a commission, I shall try and arrange to go abroad.”
“Ford, my dear! He’s over the age limit.”
“I know, but, of course, he’s going to move heaven and earth. But I don’t really think he’d ever pass, medically.”
“Does his heart still trouble him?”
“Only sometimes.”
“That was the South African war, poor Ford! Well, he need never feel that he hasn’t done something for his country.”