“No, of course not! People in our world do not cause scandals of that sort – not unless they are crazy.”
She spoke rather sharply.
Then, as she saw the expression on Torilla’s face, she said more gently,
“You always were out of touch with reality, Torilla. What I am trying to say is that if a man is really bored with his wife he can make life very unpleasant for her.”
Beryl’s voice was hard as she continued,
“She can be left in the country for months on end with no one but the children to talk to – or he can keep her short of money like that odious Lord Boreham!”
She paused as if remembering His Lordship’s parsimony, then finished,
“In fact there are a thousand ways that a wife can be made to feel unwanted and miserable!”
She rose to her feet, as she continued firmly,
“I have ever
