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The tone in Mavick's voice showed that he gave it up. "But, of course," and Carmen was lively again, "it's much nicer to have a big income that's certain than a small one that is uncertain." "It would seem so." "Ah, deary me, it's such a world! Don't you think, dear, that we have had enough domestic notoriety for one year?" "Quite. It would do for several." "And we will put it off a year?"
"It's easy enough to see her." "How?" "Watch out for a Wagner night, and go to the opera. You'll see where Mavick's box is in the bill. She is pretty sure to be there, and her mother. There is nothing special about her; but her mother is still a very fascinating woman, I can tell you. You'll find her sure on a 'Carmen' night, but not so sure of the girl." On this suggestion Philip promptly acted.
"Evelyn, you are a fool!" And perhaps she was, with such preposterous notions of what is really valuable in life. There could be no doubt of it from Mrs. Mavick's point of view. If Evelyn's conduct exasperated her, the non-appearance of Lord Montague after the publication of the news seriously alarmed her.
But to keep the house without a vast fortune to sustain it was an impossibility, and, as it was the most conspicuous of Mavick's visible possessions, perhaps the surrender of it, which she could not prevent, would save certain odds and ends here and there. Whether she liked it or not, the woman learned for once that her will had little to do with the course of events.
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