"I don't feel—"
Her ladyship chuckled.
"Oh, don't you, Philip? You think that Clo is reasonable-minded, and able to care for herself, needing no master?"
"I—no, I don't!"
"That's what I say. Goodness me, how blind you are! If you didn't consider that you had to care for Cleone and guard her from everyone else and herself, you wouldn't love her. Now don't be foolish!"
Philip laughed ruefully.
"You're a fount of wisdom, Lady Sally!"
"Well, I should be at my age. I've had experience, you see, and I never was a fool."
"Then—tell me what I am to do?"
Lady Malmerstoke wagged an impressive finger at him.