Aunt Selina had Mr.Hale and Mr.Clancy and Mrs.
Herne to their usual game of whist.

Clancy, as it appears from the report of what the new parlor-maid overheard, quarrelled with Hale and Mrs.Herne.

They left before ten o'clock.

At all events, when she entered the room in answer to my aunt's summons, she found only Mr.
Clancy, and aunt was scolding him for having provoked Mrs.Herne by contradicting her.

Apparently Mrs.Herne had gone away under the wing of Hale.