Mrs. Arbuthnot frowned a becoming incredulity.
"You surprise one."
"Perhaps it is not altogether remarkable."
"A matter of opinion, surely."
"Personally, I prefer to regard it as a matter of fact. You see, Mrs. Fitz was not at the dinner table."
"Where was she, may I ask?"
"She had gone up to town."
"And was that why her husband was so upset?"
"There is reason to believe that it was."
"Oh!"