On the following Sunday afternoon Dion was able to fulfil his promise to Daventry. Rosamund and the baby were “doing beautifully”; he was not needed at home, so he set out with Daventry, who came to fetch him, to visit Mrs. Willie Chetwinde in Lowndes Square.
When they reached the house Daventry said:
“Now for Mrs. Clarke. She’s really a wonderful woman, Dion, and she’s got a delicious profile.”
“Oh, it’s that—”
“No, it isn’t.”
He gently pushed Mrs. Chetwinde’s bell.
As they went upstairs they heard a soft hum of voices.
“Mrs. Clarke’s got heaps of people on her side,” whispered Daventry. “This is a sort of rallying ground for the defense.”
“Where’s her child? Here?”
“No, with some relations till the trial’s over.”