"Perhaps if she did it wouldn't be so peaceful."
"Perhaps. But it must be sad for him—living alone like this."
"I don't know. I live alone and I'm not sad."
"You? You live alone?"
"Of course I do. So does Mr. Tanqueray."
"Tanqueray. He's a man, and it doesn't matter. But you, a woman——It's horrible."
He was almost animated.
"There's your friend, Miss Bickersteth. She lives alone."
"Miss Bickersteth—is Miss Bickersteth."
"There's Nina Lempriere."