When Majendie had left (he seldom kept it up later than ten o'clock), she turned to Mrs. Hannay.
"What's the matter with him?" said she. "He looks awful."
"He's married the wrong woman, my dear. That's what's the matter with him."
"I knew he would. He was born to do it."
"Thank goodness," said Mrs. Hannay, "he's got the child."
"Oh—the child!"
She intimated by a shrug how much she thought of that consolation.
CHAPTER XXI
The new firm of Hannay & Majendie promised to do well. Hannay had a genius for business, and Majendie was carried along by the inspiration of his senior partner. Hannay was the soul of the firm and Majendie its brain. He was, Hannay maintained, an ideal partner, the indefatigable master of commercial detail.