“It’sworsethanKenby。”shesaidwithasigh。“YouknowItoldyouatCarlsbadIthoughtthatric1icnlousoldthingwasmakinguptoMrs。
Adding。”
“Kenby？Whyofco——“
“Don’tbestupid，mydear！No，notKenby：GeneralTriscoe。Iwishyoucouldhavebeenheretoseehimpayingherallsort；ofsillyattentions，andhearhimmakinghercompliments。”
“Thankyou。IthinkI’mjustaswellwithoutit。Didshepayhimsillyattentionsandcompliments，too？”