"George wrote her letters. She still has them."
"Worse and worse."
"And if she makes trouble it will stop the wedding. Mrs. Waddington is only waiting for an excuse to forbid it. Already, she has stated in so many words that she is suspicious of George's morals."
"How absurd! George is like the driven snow."
"Exactly. A thoroughly fine-minded man. Why, I remember him once leaving the table at a bachelor dinner because some one told an improper story."
"How splendid of him! What was the story?"
"I don't remember. Still, Mrs. Waddington has this opinion of him, so there it is."
"All this sounds very interesting. What are you going to do about it?"
"Well, George has gone to the station to try to intercept this Miss Stubbs and reason with her."
"Miss Stubbs?"