She had also his expression when he intended to be disagreeable.

She was the Dowager Lady Anstruthers, and being an entirely revolting old person at her best, she objected extremely to the transatlantic bride who had made her a dowager, though she was determinedly prepared to profit by any practical benefit likely to accrue.
"Well, Nigel," she said in a deep voice.

"Here you are at last." This was of course a statement not to be refuted.

She held out a leathern cheek, and as Sir Nigel also presented his, their caress of greeting was a singular and not effusive one.
"Is this your wife ?" she asked, giving Rosalie a bony hand.

And as he did not indignantly deny this to be the fact, she added, "How do you do ?" Rosalie murmured a reply and tried to control herself by making another effort to swallow the lump in her throat.