But it is a bit of a
shock, isn't it, when you find old friends throwing you over like this?'
He walked up and down, much agitated, repeating the same thing in
different words: that he had never been so surprised in his life; that
it was what he had always known would happen; that it was a great shock,
and he had always expected it.
At last Edith said: 'I don't see anything so strange about it, Bruce.
It's natural enough they should have asked her.'
'Oh, is it? How would they ever have known her but for us?'
'How could they ask her without knowing her? Besides we went there last.
We lunched with them only the other day.'
'That's not the point. You have missed the point entirely.
Unfortunately, you generally do. You have, in the most marked way, a
woman's weakness, Edith. You're incapable of arguing logically. I
consider it a downright slight; no, not so much a slight as an
insult--perhaps injury is the _mot juste_--to take away our guest and
not ask us. Not that I should have gone. I shouldn't have dreamed of
going, in any case. For one thing we were there last; we lunched there
only the other day. Besides, we're engaged to dine with my mother.
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