Why shouldn't we go, Katharine?
It's going to be a fine day." At this moment, just as Mrs.Hilbery was examining the weather from the window, there was a knock at the door.

A slight, elderly lady came in, and was saluted by Katharine, with very evident dismay, as "Aunt Celia!" She was dismayed because she guessed why Aunt Celia had come.

It was certainly in order to discuss the case of Cyril and the woman who was not his wife, and owing to her procrastination Mrs.Hilbery was quite unprepared.

Who could be more unprepared?
Here she was, suggesting that all three of them should go on a jaunt to Blackfriars to inspect the site of Shakespeare's theater, for the weather was hardly settled enough for the country.
To this proposal Mrs.Milvain listened with a patient smile, which indicated that for many years she had accepted such eccentricities in her sister-in-law with bland philosophy.

Katharine took up her position at some distance, standing with her foot on the fender, as though by so doing she could get a better view of the matter.