Schomberg turned up, yawning affectedly, almost before Davidson had regained his seat.

He cast about suspicious and irate glances.

An invincible placidity of expression helped Davidson wonderfully at the moment, and the other, of course, could have no grounds for the slightest suspicion of any sort of understanding between his wife and this customer.
As to Mrs.Schomberg, she sat there like a joss.

Davidson was lost in admiration.

He believed, now, that the woman had been putting it on for years.