“Oh, you women! you women!” Sullivan smiled. “How fond you are of each other.”

Mrs. Sullivan disdained to reply to her spouse.

“And, let me tell you,” she added, “he has been making love to her.”

The talk momentarily ceased, and in order to demonstrate that I was not tongue-tied in the company of these celebrities, I ventured to inquire what Lord Clarenceux, whose riches and eccentricities had reached even the Scottish newspapers, had to do with the matter.

“Lord Clarenceux was secretly engaged to Rosa in Vienna,” Sir Cyril replied. “That was about two and a half years ago. He died shortly afterwards. It was a terrible shock for her. Indeed, I have always thought that the shock had something to do with her notorious quarrel with us. She isn’t