“She’s a regular member of the family now.”
He ordered his lunch and Fliss, eating hers slowly so that he could catch up, contemplated him gravely.
“You haven’t been in my house for six months,” she said.
“My Lord, Cecily’s baby’s only three months old. We haven’t been able to go about.”
“I know, but sometimes you surely could. When you and Matthew got so tied up with that mining business last winter I supposed it meant seeing a lot more of you. Instead it’s been less and less.”
“Well, Cecily and I are going through the baby phase now.”
“I know—but isn’t it possible that you are overdoing it?” Dick flushed a little, and Fliss leapt over his embarrassment. “It’s really bad for Cecily to be so tied down, you know.”
“She should help it for her own sake. Don’t tell her I said so. It’s impudent enough to say it to you. Cecily has come to think I’m anathema.”
“What nonsense!”