\"It seems so to me,\" said his wife, as if she were producing a new thought.
\"I had no idea,\" Mr. van der Luyden continued, \"that things had come to such a pass.\" He paused, and looked at his wife again. \"It occurs to me, my dear, that the Countess Olenska is already a sort of relation—through Medora Manson's first husband. At any rate, she will be when Newland marries.\" He turned toward the young man. \"Have you read this morning's Times, Newland?\"
\"It seems so to me,\" said his wife, as if she were producing a new thought.
\"I had no idea,\" Mr. van der Luyden continued, \"that things had come to such a pass.\" He paused, and looked at his wife again. \"It occurs to me, my dear, that the Countess Olenska is already a sort of relation—through Medora Manson's first husband. At any rate, she will be when Newland marries.\" He turned toward the young man. \"Have you read this morning's Times, Newland?\"
