Finally he said: "It's Fuller's business to decide who's going to
Gloucester. I'm not responsible for the details of running the staff
there in any way. Nor is the question an important one."
"Ah," breathed Edna, "you know that I can't quite think with you there,
Julian. To me, they are all immortal souls."
"How will Gloucester affect the immortality of their souls?" Sir Julian
enquired.
But his wife gazed at him very earnestly.
"A woman's instinct is not very often wrong. There's tension in the
air, and--why shouldn't I speak out?--I want to put out a helping
hand--to save Mark, before things come to a head and he is faced with a
crisis."
"In that case," said her husband blandly, "I had better arrange that
Mark should be the person who goes to Gloucester."