“This is rather awkward,” he said.
“What is?”
“Your feeling like that about young Shotter.”
“I don’t see why. I don’t suppose I shall ever meet him again.”
“But you will. I don’t see how it can be prevented. Lord Tilbury tells me that this young man has taken a lease on Mon Repos.”
“Mon Repos!” Kay clutched at the desk. “You don’t mean Mon Repos next door to us?”
“Yes; and it is so difficult to avoid one’s next-door neighbours.”
Kay’s teeth met with a little click.