"No, perhaps not! At all events I think you will like Sir Rupert."
Mrs. Belswin sneered.
"Oh, do you think so?"
"I'm certain. Such a gentlemanly man. Quite young for his age. I wonder he does not marry again."
"Perhaps he had enough of matrimony with his first wife," said Mrs. Belswin, coolly.
"Oh, he was devotedly attached to her."
"Was he, indeed?"
"Yes! Simply worshipped her. She died in New Zealand when Kaituna was a baby, I believe, and Sir Rupert told me how this loss had overshadowed his life."
"Hypocrite!" murmured Mrs. Belswin, between her clenched teeth.
The conversation was becoming a little difficult for her to carry on, as she dare not disclose herself yet, and did not care about exchanging complimentary remarks on the subject of a man she detested so heartily.