You would both have reason to regret
it.'"
She was a half-hypnotised thing, and Betty, watching her with curious
but tender eyes, recognised the abnormality.
"Ah, if I am a clever woman," she said, "he is a clever man. He is
beginning to see that his power is slipping away. That was what G.
Selden would call 'bluff.'"
CHAPTER XXXI
NO, SHE WOULD NOT
Sir Nigel did not invite Rosalie to accompany them, when the next
morning, after breakfast, he reminded Betty of his suggestion of the
night before, that she should walk over the place with him, and show him
what had been done. He preferred to make his study of his sister-in-law
undisturbed.
There was no detail whose significance he missed as they went about
together. He had keen eyes and was a quite sufficiently practical person
on such matters as concerned his own interests. In this case it was to
his interest to make up his mind as to what he might gain or lose by the
appearance of his wife's family. He did not mean to lose--if it could be
helped--anything either of personal importance or material benefit. And
it could only be helped by his comprehending clearly what he had to deal
with. Betty was, at present, the chief factor in the situation, and he
was sufficiently astute to see that she might not be easy to read.
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