He was disappointed.

He was also puzzled.
"Understood the situation," he repeated.

"What the dickens do you mean, Burton?
What situation ?" "I mean about the typhoid, sir, and Lady Idlemay's refusal to have the drains put in order." Mr.Waddington's expression for a few moments was an interesting and instructive study.

His jaw had fallen, but he was still too bewildered to realize the situation properly.
"But who told him ?" he gasped.
"I did," Burton replied gently.

"I could not possibly let him remain in ignorance of the facts." "You couldn't--what ?" "I could not let him the house without explaining all the circumstances, sir," Burton declared, watching his senior anxiously.