The gentleman had the happiness of being personally acquainted with the murderer, at all events had frequently met him at certain resorts of the male population.
When Mrs.Rodman had briefly welcomed Adela, the discussion continued.
Its tone was vulgar, but perhaps not more so than the average tone among middle-class people who are on familiar terms with each other.

The gentleman, still leading the conversation, kept his eyes fixed on Adela, greatly to her discomfort.
In less than half an hour these four took their departure.
'So Dick came a cropper!' was Alice's first remark, when alone with her sister-in-law.
Adela tried in vain to understand.
'At the election, you know.

I don't see what he wanted to go making himself so ridiculous.

Is he much cut up ?' 'I don't think it troubles him much,' Adela said; 'he really had no expectation of being elected.

It was just to draw attention to Socialism.' 'Of course he'll put it in that way.