So far had Douglas presented his picture when someone put a question. “And what did the former governess die of?⁠—of so much respectability?”

Our friend’s answer was prompt. “That will come out. I don’t anticipate.”

“Excuse me⁠—I thought that was just what you are doing.”

“In her successor’s place,” I suggested, “I should have wished to learn if the office brought with it⁠—”