'For the election.' She saw his lips tighten.

'My husband goes with me,' she replied quickly and stopped, flushing as she realised that she had meant and conveyed an apology.
'I should have thought that the Continent would have been more advisable as a change.' 'The Continent! I don't want to travel far.

I am so tired.' She spoke in a tone of weariness which touched Fielding in spite of himself.

He looked at her more closely.

'Yes,' he said gently, 'you look very tired.