Ann Veronica had no answer for a moment. She turned her head away sharply. Some automaton within her produced in a quite unfamiliar voice the remark, “They’re playing football.”
“It’s too far for the ball to reach us,” said Miss Klegg.
“I didn’t know Mr. Capes was married,” said Ann Veronica, resuming the conversation with an entire disappearance of her former lassitude.
“Oh yes,” said Miss Klegg; “I thought every one knew.”
“No,” said Ann Veronica, offhandedly. “Never heard anything of it.”
“I thought every one knew. I thought every one had heard about it.”
“But why?”
“He’s married—and, I believe, living separated from his wife. There was a case, or something, some years ago.”
“What case?”
“A divorce—or something—I don’t know. But I have heard that he almost had to leave the schools. If it hadn’t been for Professor Russell standing up for him, they say he would have had to leave.”