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But there is no one now living to whom it would matter you know," he added, turning to his sister; "her husband is dead too." Lady Denholme shook her head. "No," she said, "I did not hear." "Yes," said her brother, "I saw his death in the papers last year. He had married again, I believe.
Mr Vouens then began to make observations, for the purpose of selecting a suitable site, on which to descend; and in a few minutes concentrated his attention upon a field, in which a fete was being held. The breeze, however, carried him some three miles further, and a second time Mr Vouens attempted to lower himself in a field adjoining some farm-houses at Denholme.
Marischal got up and went off to his own quarters, saying something vaguely about seeing if his letters had gone. "What a touching story!" said Gladys Lloyd. "I am afraid, after all, it has been more painful than he realised for Mr. Marischal to tell it. Did you know anything of Maud's husband, dear Lady Denholme? Was he kind to her? Was she happy?"
"No," said Lady Denholme, "but there have been many practical difficulties in the way of his doing so. He has had a most absorbingly busy life, and now that he is more at leisure he feels himself too old to form new ties." "But," persisted Nina, "if he had had any idea at the time that Maud cared for him so?"
Lady Denholme glanced round half nervously before she replied. "Locally speaking, it would not be at headquarters, Nina," she said. "The Quarries was not the scene of your uncle's ghost story. But I almost think it is better not to speak about it I am not sure that he would like it mentioned, and he will be coming in a moment. He had only a note to write."
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