"Not for her money, anyhow." said the Captain.
"How ... how was it done?" asked Mrs. Dampier. She spoke almost against her will, sincerely grieved, but fascinated by the dreadful news.
"We have heard no details." said Captain Porter. "I thought of going up to see if I could help the Colonel at all. He must be terribly cut up. The worst of it is... we are not... we had... well, we didn't..."
"The fact is you had a bit of a scene with him at the Club yesterday, didn't you?" said Miss Richards.
"The usual scene," admitted the Captain. "The Colonel is a little difficult at times. Still, that has nothing to do with it."
"Then nobody knows how it happened?" said Mrs. Dampier.
"Begging your pardon, m'm."
A large red-faced woman had paused on the fringe of the little group. All turned with
