Halcyone

Chapter 32

Mrs. Cricklander awaited Mr. Hanbury-Green's coming quite impatiently.

She felt she wanted a little warmth and humanity after the chilling week

she had passed with her betrothed. What she meant to do with this latter

she had not yet made up her mind--the justice of an affair never

bothered her, and her complete unconsciousness of having committed any

wrong often averted her action's immediate consequence. That Mr.

Hanbury-Green should suffer, or that John Derringham should suffer,

mattered to her not one jot. She was really and truly under the

impression that only her personal comfort, pleasure and feelings were of

any importance in the world. Her brain always guarded these things, and,

when they were not in any jeopardy or fear of being inconvenienced, then

she was capable of n