"Can't you see that that would be the advantage?"
"No. I can't see it. There's only one place I want to live in."
"And that is—?"
"London. And I can't."
"Why not?" After all, London was not such a bad idea. He had thought of it before now himself.
"Well—I don't know whether I told you that I'm not on very good terms with my husband's people. They haven't been at all nice to me since poor Frank's death."
"Poor Elise—"
"They live in London and they want to keep me out of it. My father-in-law gives me a small allowance on condition I don't live there. They hate me," she said, smiling, "as much as all that."
"Is it a large allowance?"
"No. It's a very small one. But they know I can't get on without it."