"Oh, you don't want to hear that now!"

"Why not?--unless you'd rather not tell me. We can't do anything more
till the blow falls, except enjoy ourselves and go on with our dinner.
How did you come to be Annesley?"

"It was part of my mother's maiden name. She was an Annesley-Seton."

"There's a Lord Annesley-Seton, isn't there?"

"Yes."

"Related to you?"

"A cousin. But Grayle isn't a name in their set. He and his wife have
forgotten my existence. I'm not likely to remind them of it."

"His wife was an American girl, wasn't she?"

"How odd that you should know!"

"Not very. I remember there being a lot in the papers about the wedding
six or seven years ago. The girl was very rich--a Miss Haverstall. Her
father's lost his money since then."

"How _can_ you keep such uninteresting things in your mind--just now?"

"They're not uninteresting. They concern you!"

"Lord Annesley-Seton's affairs don't concern me, and never will."