The Baron shook his head solemnly. “No, Bonker, I cannot.”
For some moments he pondered over the remarkable conduct of these ladies; and then—
“Did you also hear of ze Wallingfords?” he asked.
“I had a short note from them.”
“From him, or——”
“Her.”
“So! Humph, zey all seem fond of writing letters.”
“Why—have you had any too?”
“No; and I do not vant zem.”
Yet his immunity did not appear to exhilarate the diplomatist.