‘I perfectly understand!’ Lord Port Scatho exclaimed. ‘I perfectly approve. Believe me, I and Lady Port Scatho will do everything…Everything! Most admirable people…Tietjens, my dear fellow, your behaviour…most handsome…’
Tietjens said:
‘Wait a minute…There was an occasion in August, ‘14. In a place on the border. I can’t remember the name…
Lord Port Scatho burst out:
‘My dear fellow…I beg you won’t…I beseech you not to…’
Tietjens went on:
Just before then Mr Duchemin had made an attack on his wife of an unparalleled violence. It was that that caused his final incarceration. She was not only temporarily disfigured, but she suffered serious internal injuries and, of course, great mental disturbance. It was absolutely necessary that she should have change of scene…But I think you will b
