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But to this question Dorothy could make no answer. Miss Stanbury had
lifted one of the table-spoons, as though she was going to strike Mr
Brooke Burgess with the bowl of it. And this during a dinner party!
From that moment Dorothy turned herself round, and became one of the
listeners to the fun at the other end of the table; Poor Mr Gibson soon
found himself 'nowhere.'
'I never saw a man so much altered in my life,' said Mrs MacHugh, up in
the drawing-room.
'I don't remember that he used to be clever.'
'He was a bright boy!' said Miss Stanbury.
'But the Burgesses all used to be such serious, straitlaced people,'
said Mrs MacHugh. 'Excellent people,' she added, remembering the source
of her friend's wealth; 'but none of them like that.'
'I call him a very handsome man,' said Mrs Powel. 'I suppose he's not
married yet?'
'Oh, dear no,' said Miss Stanbury. 'There's time enough for him yet.'
'He'll find plenty here to set their caps at him,' said Mrs MacHugh.
'He's a little old for my girls,' said Mrs Powel, laughing.


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