"Never was," grinned Karel, in his turn.
"If she had only stayed in Brussels!" snapped Adolphine.
"Ah!" said Cateau, opening big owl's eyes. "Do you think so too?"
"Yes. And you?"
"So do we, re-ally," drawled Cateau, more cheerfully, forgetting the brougham waiting in the wet.
"Yes," said Adolphine, with conviction. "What are we to do with a sister like that?"
"Whom you can't let any one meet," growled Karel under his breath.
"Oh, dear!" whined Cateau to Adolphine. "Do you think so too?"
"And," said Adolphine, "mark my words, you'll see, she's full of pretensions. You know the sort of thing," with an envious wave of the hand. "Society ... pushing herself ... perhaps even going to Court."
"No!" drawled Cateau. "Sure-ly for that, even Constance would have too much tact."