"I'm not such a skunk as all that, Lady Cynthia."
Her Excellency was pondering what had better be done for Geoffrey.
"Where is he?" she asked.
"He stopped the night at Nikko. He is probably in the train for Tokyo by now."
If she were a hero, a real theatre hero, as Geoffrey had been apparently, she would go straight off to Tokyo also; and perhaps she would be able to prevent a catastrophe. Or perhaps she would not. Perhaps she would only make things worse. On the whole, she had better stop in Chuzenji and look after her own husband.
"Reggie," she said, "you've had a lucky escape. How did you know that I had any hand in this? You're more of a girl than a man. A rotten marriage would have broken you. Geoffrey Barrington is made of stronger stuff. He is in for a bad time. But he will learn a lot which you know already; and he will survive."
CHAPTER XX
THE KIMONO
Na we to wa wo
Hito zo saku naru.
Ide, wagimi!
Hito no naka-goto
Kiki-kosu na yume!
It is other people who have separated
You and me.
Come, my Lord!
Do not dream of listening
To the between-words of people!