"Never mind. You've told us quite enough. I'm disgusted with Mr. Tanqueray."
"But why?" said Jane imperturbably.
"Why? When one thinks of the women, the perfectly adorable women he might have married—if he'd only waited. And he goes and does this."
"He knows his own business best," said Jane.
"A man's marriage is not his business."
"What is it, then?"
Miss Bickersteth was at a loss for once, and Laura helped her. "It's his pleasure, isn't it?"
"He'd no right to take his pleasure this way."
Jane raised her head.
"He had. A perfect right."