‘But why at such an hour?’
‘Because I had only just learned that he was going to
London next day and might be away for months. There
were reasons why I could not get there earlier.’
‘But why a rendezvous in the garden instead of a visit
to the house?’
‘Do you think a woman could go alone at that hour to
a bachelor’s house?’
‘Well, what happened when you did get there?’
‘I never went.’
‘Mrs. Lyons!’