“For what reason?”
“Because she does not love him; and the way in which he treats her with his horrid jealousy is maddening.”
“That’s no reason.”
“No reason? Why, I thought people could be divorced if they could prove cruelty.”
“Yes—legal cruelty. No, my dear, jealousy and suspicion will not do.”
“Why did you come over to-day?”
“Business. I had to see old Mrs Sarson at the cottage where Mr Lisle lodges. She’s ill.”
“What for? You are not a doctor.”
“No,” he said, with a chuckle, “but about her affairs. She thinks it time to make a will and arrange about her savings. Curious old body.”
“Why?”