'I see, I see! Do just as you like, of course.

But if Edmund has any _nous_'-- this phrase she had learnt from a young gentleman, late of Oxford, now of Tattersall's and elsewhere--'he won't let you sit here in the dumps.

You _are_ in the dumps, I can see.' The vivacious lady did not stay long.

When she had rustled forth again to her carriage, Widdowson broke into a paean of amorous gratitude.
What could he do to show how he appreciated Monica's self-denial on his behalf?
For a day or two he was absent rather mysteriously, and in the meantime made up his mind, after consultation with Newdick, to take his wife for a holiday in Guernsey.
Monica, when she heard of this project, was at first moderately grateful, but in a day or two showed by reviving strength and spirits that she looked forward eagerly to the departure.

Her husband advertised for lodgings in St.Peter Port; he would not face the disagreeable chances of a hotel.