“Shehasdonenothingsosensible，“theDukeanswereddrily。“ThefactswhichIhavejuststatedareknowntoeveryoneinthisroom。
Iperhapsknowlessthananyone。ButIknowenoughforthis。I
request，SaxeLeinitzer，thatyouwithdrawthenameofmyselfandmywifefromyourlistofmembers，andthatyouunderstandclearlythatmyhouseistobenomoreusedformeetingsoftheSociety，formalorinformal。And，further，thoughIregrettheapparentinhospitalityofmyaction，myfingerisnow，asyousee，uponthebell，andIventuretowishyouallaverygood-morning。Groves，“
headdedtotheservantwhoansweredthedoor，“thePrinceofSaxeLeinitzer’scarriageisurgentlyrequired。“
ThePrinceandLadyCareydescendedthebroadstepssidebyside。