“How otherwise? I am perfectly sure that nothing would induce her to continue living there under the new régime. If the persons concerned had been—had been other than they of course the affair might have been very simple. But not as it is.”
“By-the-bye,” he added, “she gave me one piece of information. She does not intend to live in London.”
“Where then, I wonder?”
“I can’t conjecture.”
“I would repeat the invitation, I think,” said Mrs. Stratton, looking at him.
“I shall do so, though not just yet.”
The colonel and Mr. Lyster came in talking loudly. .
“Ah, we left you asleep,” said the former to Robert. “Didn’t like to disturb you. We’ve had a walk.”
“A walk, in this weather!” exclaimed his wife.
“Oh yes; a little rain does one no harm. Not a bad afternoon; there’s a pleasant warmth in the air. Don’t you notice a warmth in the air, Asquith?”