"What am I to do?" I asked--"What would you advise?"
"Come up to town with me,"--he replied--"You can leave a note for your
wife, explaining your absence,--and at one of the clubs we will talk
over the matter quietly, and decide how best to avoid a social scandal.
Meanwhile, go to bed. If you won't go back to your own room, sleep in
the spare one next to mine."