The Government determined on a dissolution.

Fielding took Clarice Mallinson into dinner at Mr.Le Mesurier's house on the day after the date of the dissolution was fixed.
He noticed that she looked worn.

There were shadows about her eyes, her colour had lost its freshness, and there was a melancholy droop about the corners of her mouth.

Fielding suggested the advisability of a change.
'I'm to have one,' said she.

'I'm going down to stay with my uncle at Bentbridge in a week's time.' 'At Bentbridge ?' asked Fielding sharply.