"No!"
Lord Dredlinton glanced for a moment at his finger nails. He seemed wrapped in abstract thought.
"I wonder if I could induce you to change your mind," he said.
"I am quite sure that you could not."
"Still, I am going to try. You are a great admirer of my wife, I believe,
Mr. Wingate?"
Wingate frowned slightly.
"I prefer not to discuss Lady Dredlinton with you," he said curtly.
"Still, you won't mind going so far as to say that you are an admirer of hers?" the latter persisted.
"Well?"
"You are probably her confidant in the unfortunate differences which have arisen between us?"