In any grievance that concerned Aldous she counted upon him, and her shrewd eyes had plainly perceived that he had made no great friendship with Marcella.
"I am very sorry for Aldous," he said at once; "but I understand _her_ perfectly.

So does Aldous." Miss Raeburn was angrily silent.

But when Lord Maxwell, who had been talking with Aldous, came in, he proved, to her final discomfiture, to be very much of the same opinion.
"My dear," he said wearily as he dropped into his chair, his old face grey and pinched, "this thing is too terrible--the number of widows and orphans that night's work will make before the end breaks my heart to think of.

It will be a relief not to have to consider festivities while these men are actually before the courts.

What I am anxious about is that Marcella should not make herself ill with excitement.