"
I looked across at Adele, and Mrs. Van Reinberg followed the direction of
my eyes. She laughed shrilly, but she did not seem displeased.
"If you Englishmen only made as good husbands as you do acquaintances,"
she said, "I should settle down in London with my girls and study
matchmaking. I am afraid, though, that you have your drawbacks."
"Tell me what they are," I begged, "and I will do my best to prove myself
an exception."
"You have too much spare time," she declared. "And you know what that
leads to?"
"Mr. Courage has not," Adele interrupted. "He works really very hard
indeed."
"Works!" Mrs. Van Reinberg repeated incredulously.
"At games!" Adele declared. "He plays in cricket matches that last three
days long. I saw him once at Lord's, and I can assure you that it looked
like very hard work indeed."
Mrs. Van Reinberg turned away with a laugh, and settled herself down into
the little nest of rugs which her maid had prepared.
"You young people can walk about, if you like," she said. "I am going to
be comfortable.
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