"That was why he didn't go?"
Again he saw the eyes looking keenly at him from under the veil.
"It would have been absolutely no use. Lady Harwich cabled to say so."
"I see."
"She has always been against Nigel since he married me. You know what women are!"
He nodded.
"But the whole thing has upset Nigel dreadfully. That's why we are up here. He wanted to get away, out of reach of everybody, and just to be alone with me. He hasn't even come out with me this morning. He preferred to stay on the boat. He won't see a soul for two or three weeks, poor fellow! It's quite knocked him up, coming so suddenly."
"I'm sorry."
She turned her head towards him. She was holding the sun-umbrella very low down.
"How long were you at Luxor?" she asked, carelessly. "I forget. And weren't you in a hotel? Did you go straight on board your boat?"