“Heaven forbid that a woman should be without them!” he answered.
“Do you ever feel as though something were going to happen?” she asked suddenly.
“Often,” he answered; “but nothing ever does!”
Lady Peggy came yawning over to them.
“My dear,” she said, “I feel it in my very bones. I firmly believe that something is going to happen to every one of us. I have a most mysterious pricking about my left elbow!”
“To every one of us?” Stephen Hurd asked, idly enough.
“To every one of us!” she answered. “To you, even, who live in Thorpe. Remember my words when you get home to-night, or when you wake in the morning. As for you, Wilhelmina, I am not at all sure that you have not already met with your adventure.”
Deyes lit a cigarette.
“Let us remember this,” he declared. “In a week’s time we will compare notes.”