What your wife cannot tolerate in this affair is Miss de Barral being what she is." He made a movement, but I kept my eyes away from him and went on steadily.

"That is--her being a woman.

I have some idea of Mrs.Fyne's mental attitude towards society with its injustices, with its atrocious or ridiculous conventions.

As against them there is no audacity of action your wife's mind refuses to sanction.

The doctrine which I imagine she stuffs into the pretty heads of your girl-guests is almost vengeful.