"Have I? How knowing you are, Kitty."
"Oh, one needn't be a philosopher to put two and two together. By the bye, do you ever hear anything of your rejected suitor?"
"Occasionally. He's recently had another big disappointment."
"In the matrimonial line?"
"It seems so."
"Oh, do tell me all about it."
"Well, you know I get all my news through dear old Mr. Graythorne. The Tregonys have dropped me altogether, as you know."
"Yes, you've told me that before."
"Well, it would seem that Captain Tregony, soon after his return from Nice last year, fell in love with a widow lady, and they were to have been married some time this fall."
"Yes."