"What is the Government doing?" asked Mrs. Saunders, who took an interest in home politics.
"I don't know. When I am in this delightfully disorganised country the mild animosities of English party strife fill me with contempt. I was reading the 'Births, deaths, and marriages' just to prove to myself that there are natural tragedies and romances, even in the decently regulated areas of Bayswater and Mayfair."
"Is anyone we know mentioned?"
"By Jove!" ejaculated Saunders after a pause.
"Well?"
"By Jove!"
"Please go on, Robert," said Mrs. Saunders with pardonable impatience.
"Angela Knox, that American girl, is——"
"Well?"
"Is going to marry a grouse moor."