"Yes, and I found her absent."

Derrice breathed a gentle, "She could not help it. If she had known—"

"And all the evening," Justin continued, "the house has been so lonely."

"Has it?" she said, delightedly.

"And my foolish little girl comes home from a visit to a fine house where apparently nothing but peace and happiness reign—"

"Yes, it is a charming place," and she sighed.

"And where she saw a good-looking man ostensibly making love to an interesting young lady—"

"Yes, he was, I am sure of it."

"And she is discontented because her own husband is so very commonplace—"

"Oh, no, no—"