"My dear John, why shouldn't he?" said Frances Heron.
"I'm not saying that he shouldn't. I'm saying that one way or another, he does."
"He has to see her on business," said Frances.
"Does he see her on business?" inquired John.
"He says he does," said Frances.
"Of course," said the Doctor, "he'd say he did."
"Why," said Sophy, "does he say anything at all? That's the suspicious circumstance, to my mind."
"He's evidently aware," said the Doctor, "that something wants explaining."
"So it does," said Sophy; "when Hugh takes to seeing any woman more than once in five months."
"But she's the last woman he'd think of," said Frances.