"After a lot of rag-chewing—"
"Of what?" said his lordship.
"A lot of discussion, my lord."
"Go on," said his lordship, "but do confine yourself to English, standard or basic."
"After a lot of talk I decided the best thing to do would be to take her down to my bungalow on the river near Bourne End. We used it for weekends in the summer and for summer holidays, but only rarely for the rest of the year."
"When you say 'we, you mean your wife and you."
"Yes. She agreed to that quite readily, and I drove her down."
"Did you stay there with her that night?"
"Yes."
"And on the following nights?"