Mr.Stocks studied his plate, and Alice looked on the speaker with eyes in which unwilling respect strove with consternation.
Only the culprit was at his ease.

The discomfort of these good people for a moment amused him.

Then the sight of Alice's face, which he wholly misread, brought him back to decent manners.
"I am afraid I have shocked you," he said simply.

"If one knocks about the world one gets a different point of view." Mr.Wishart restrained a flood of indignation with an effort.

"We won't speak on the subject," he said.