CHAPTER V.
CARTWRIGHT'S SCRUPLES The drawing-room at Mrs.Cartwright's house on the Cheshire side of the Mersey was large and old-fashioned.

Cartwright thought the stiff, thick curtains and Victorian walnut furniture ugly, but Mrs.Cartwright liked the things and he was satisfied.

Clara herself frankly belonged to the old school.

She was conventional and often dull, but she had a placid dignity that did not mark all the up-to-date women Cartwright knew.
Moreover, the house was comfortable.

One got there by the Mersey tunnel and it was only a few minutes' walk from the station.