At the hall door she sent a footman to find the motor car. When it came up she said to the chauffeur:
“Take me home quickly and then come back for his lordship.”
She got in.
As the car went off swiftly she noticed that the streets were shining with wet.
“Has it been raining?” she asked.
“Raining hard, my lady.”
CHAPTER XVI
ON the following morning the newspapers contained an account of the concert at Manchester House. They contained also an account of a motor accident which had occurred the same afternoon between Hyde Park Corner and Knightsbridge.
On the wet pavement Lord Holme’s new car, which was taking Lady Holme to Cadogan Square at a rapid pace, skidded and overturned, pinning Lady Holme beneath it. While she was on the ground a hansom cab ran into the car.