“You think her—this Mrs Glinn—a good woman. Isn't that enough for you?”
“But, besides Eve and myself, there is a third person in the situation.”
“How on earth did you find out that?” exclaimed Maine.
The other looked surprised. “How did I find out? I don't understand you.”
Maine recollected himself. He had made the common mistake of fancying another might know a thing because he knew it.
“Who is this third person?” he asked.
“Society.”
“Ah! I said you were conventional.”
“Every sensible man and woman is.”
“I don't know that I agree. But the third person does certainly complicate the situation. What are you going to do then?”