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"I couldn't say exactly, sir, but it wasn't tea-ti way Perhaps four o'clock--or it may have been a bit later Well, sir, as I said, I happened to be passing along, when I heard voices very loud and angry in here I didn't exactly mean to listen, but--well, there it is I stopped The door was shut, but thevery sharp and clear, and I heard what she said quite plainly 'You have lied to lethorp replied He spoke a good bit lower than she did--but she answered: 'How dare you? I have kept you and clothed you and fed you! You owe everything to race upon our naain I didn't hear what he said, but she went on: 'Nothing that you can say will make any difference I see my duty clearly My mind is made up You need not think that any fear of publicity, or scandal between husband and ill deterout, so I went off quickly"

"You are sure it was Mr Inglethorp's voice you heard?"

"Oh, yes, sir, whose else's could it be?"

"Well, what happened next?"

"Later, I came back to the hall; but it was all quiet At five o'clock, Mrs Inglethorp rang the bell and toldto eat--to the boudoir She was looking dreadful--so white and upset 'Dorcas,' she says, 'I've had a great shock' 'I'm sorry for that, m'm,' I says 'You'll feel better after a nice hot cup of tea,in her hand I don't know if it was a letter, or just a piece of paper, but it had writing on it, and she kept staring at it, almost as if she couldn't believe ritten there She whispered to herself, as though she had forgotten I was there: 'These feords--and everything's changed' And then she says to me: 'Never trust a ot her a good strong cup of tea, and she thanked me, and said she'd feel better when she'd drunk it 'I don't knohat to do,' she says 'Scandal between husband and wife is a dreadful thing, Dorcas I'd rather hush it up if I could' Mrs Cavendish came in just then, so she didn't say any more"