He paused for a moment and then went on,
“I imagined, of course, that he would come over here. I was going to speak to him myself about those matters.”
“Why do you not go to Singapore with Letty, Papa?” Dorinda asked him.
“For two very good reasons. One is that Kirby has not sent me the fare and the second is that racing starts in another month and I have to be here for the Spring Handicaps, as you well know.”
“Yes, of course,” Dorinda agreed, “and it would be no use sending Mama. She had no patience with Letty and that does not help.”
“I must admit that Letty is enough to try the patience of a Saint,” the Earl said. “Only you can do anything with her, Dorinda.”
“So you agree to my going out to Singapore with her?”
“I have no alternative, although God knows what we shall do without
