trebell. Mrs. O'Connell gone?
wedgecroft. To her dressmaker's.
trebell. Frances forgot she was coming and went out.
wedgecroft. Pretty little fool of a woman! D'you know her husband?
trebell. No.
wedgecroft. Says she's been in Ireland with him since we met at Shapters. He has trouble with his tenantry.
trebell. Won't he sell or won't they purchase?
wedgecroft. Curious chap. A Don at Balliol when I first knew him. Warped of late years . . perhaps by his marriage.
trebell. [Dismissing that subject.] Well . . how's Percival?