"Do you think, Maria, that by any wild possibility James or Nora knew?"
"How could they possibly? What a foolish question."
"I don't know. These Roman Catholics do strange things," said Lord Saltire, staring out of window at the crowd.
"If she knew, why did she change the child?"
"Eh?" said Lord Saltire, turning round.
"You have not been attending," said Lady Ascot.
"No, I have not," said Lord Saltire; "I was looking at Daventry."
"Do you still," said Lord Saltire, "since all our researches and failures, stick to the belief that the place was in Hampshire?"
"I do indeed, and in the north of Hampshire too."
"I wonder," said Lord Saltire, turning round suddenly, "whether Mackworth knows?"