After all, she reflected here and there, where the printed matter failed to keep its grip on her attention, the long troublesome episode in her life was over. Henceforth she would be quiet and sedate and respectable, a lady of perfect manners and breeding. Passion was a tiresome thing. It was, to use a favourite adjective of Mrs. Lazenby’s, very “wearing.” ... To-morrow she would have tea with the Rev. Elkin Broodbank, M.A. (Cantab.), and discuss church missals and cassocks and Puseyism. On Monday she would go with Mr. Hobbs on the top of a bus to Reigate. He would be frantically polite and meekly adoring. He was, at any rate, a gentleman....
The detective story began to be interesting, so she ceased her nursings, and meanwhile the train went speeding Londonwards....
THE END
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