"Soon," said Fay. "There's no reason for delay. It will be very quiet, of course."
"Of course," said Mme. Storey.
Fay seemed to feel that some further explanation was required. "It's true his wife has only been dead two months," she said. "But as Darius pointed out, she had not been a real wife to him for years before that."
"Poor woman!" said Madame Storey.
We all echoed that. "Poor woman!"
By this time I was aware that my mistress was not any better pleased with Fay's announcement
the girl looked the least bit colourless, but that was inevitable. There is only one Madame Storey. Fay was not aware that she suffered by comparison with the other, and if she had known, I doubt if she would have minded.
Mrs. Brunton was in a great flutter. "Oh, I hope we're not interrupting anything