The servants were sitting in judgment on her.

Swinny spoke from the height of a lofty morality; Pinker, being a footman of the world, took a humorous, not to say cynical view, which pained Swinny.

Such a view could never have been taken by one whose affections were deeply engaged.
The conclusions arrived at in the servants' hall soon received a remarkable confirmation.
It was on a Monday.

Mrs.Nevill Tyson was seen to come down to breakfast in an unusually cheerful frame of mind.

Tyson was away; he had been up in town for three weeks, and was expected home that evening.