'You made a great mistake, I can tell you, when you started interfering between husband and wife. You have only yourself to thank if I don't allow you to continue to see Lucy.'
She stared at him.
'Do you mean,' she said, after a silence, 'that you intend to prevent my seeing her later on too? In London?'
'That, exactly, is my intention.'
Miss Entwhistle stared at him, lost in thought; but he could see he had got her this time, for her face had gone visibly pale.
'In that case, Everard,' she said presently, 'I think it my duty——'
'Don't begin about duties. You have no duties in regard to me and my household.'
'I think it my duty to tell you that from my knowledge of Lucy——'
'Your knowledge of Lucy! What is it compared to mine, I should like to know?'
'Please listen to me. It's most important. From my knowledge of her, I'm quite sure she hasn't the staying power of Vera.'