“What, lunacy?” The housekeeper nodded. “Absurd, Mrs Milt!” cried Salis, “absurd!”
“Thank goodness, sir!”
“A little out of order and eccentric. But what made you ask that question?”
“Well, sir, it was something Mr Thompson said.”
Volume Three—Chapter Eleven.
Salis Makes a Discovery.
“I cannot interfere, really, my dear Mary—I cannot interfere. Mrs Berens is a friend of yours, and one of my parishioners, but what can I do?”
“She is alone in the world, and in great trouble.”