'Mrs. Jose told me that they lived at the Undercliff.'
'There is no gentleman's seat so called. I further inquired of my friend——'
'I want to hear no more.'
'I further inquired,' pursued the relentless Sylvana, 'about a person of the name of Marley.'
'How ridiculous!' exclaimed Mrs. Tomkin-Jones; 'how should any one know about Mrs. Marley? She was a common menial, a nurse, nothing more.'
'There is no knowing what one may learn by mentioning names.'
'Of course you heard nothing of her?'
'I did not expect to hear from my friend at Axminster, but she has a friend married at Seaton, and she will write to her.'
'I insist on you desisting from this sort of thing,' said the doctor's widow. 'We were dropping out of consideration in Bath because we did not entertain.'
'And, mamma, you are leaping——'