\"That, I suppose,\" said Mr. Jackson, speculatively, \"is the line the Mingotts mean to take.\"
The young man reddened. \"I didn't have to wait for their cue, if that's what you mean, sir. Madame Olenska has had an unhappy life: that doesn't make her an outcast.\"
\"There are rumours,\" began Mr. Jackson, glancing at Janey.
\"Oh, I know: the secretary,\" the young man took him up. \"Nonsense, mother; Janey's grown-up. They say,
\"That, I suppose,\" said Mr. Jackson, speculatively, \"is the line the Mingotts mean to take.\"
The young man reddened. \"I didn't have to wait for their cue, if that's what you mean, sir. Madame Olenska has had an unhappy life: that doesn't make her an outcast.\"
\"There are rumours,\" began Mr. Jackson, glancing at Janey.
\"Oh, I know: the secretary,\" the young man took him up. \"Nonsense, mother; Janey's grown-up. They say,
