But it was quickly whispered that in No.

2, Alma Villas, the worm had turned.

Oddly enough, the spread of conjugal estrangement did not end here.

It began to be rumoured that Lawyer Pellow and his wife had "differences "; that Mr.and Mrs.
Simpson dined at different hours; and that the elder Miss Strip had broken off a very suitable match with a young ship's chandler, on the ground that ship's candles were not "genteel." It was about this time, too, that Mrs.Wapshot, at the confectionery shop, refused to walk with Mr.Wapshot on the Rope-walk after Sunday evening service, because domestic bliss was "horrid vulgar"; and Mrs.
Goodwyn-Sandys' dictum that "one admirer, at least, was no more than a married woman's due," only failed of acceptance because the supply of admirers in Troy fell short of the demand.

She had herself annexed Samuel Buzza and Mr.Moggridge.
Meanwhile the Admiral was not idle; and had anything been needed to whet his desire for a Club, it would have been found in a dreadful event that happened shortly afterwards.
It was May-morning, and the Admiral was planted in the sunshine outside No.