By the same token, why should I or anybody else presume to step in and
try to straighten out the troubles of its parents? It's useless
interference, either way you take it."
"I think it's all very entertaining and diverting," said Mrs.
Odell-Carney carelessly. She yawned.
"Do you really think so?" asked the doubting Mrs. Rodney. "I was so
afraid you'd mind. Your position in society, my dear Mrs.--"
"My position in society, Mrs. Rodney, can weather the tempest you
predict," said Mrs. Odell-Carney with a smile that went to Mrs. Rodney's
marrow.
"Oh, if--if you really don't mind--" she mumbled apologetically.
"Not at all, my dear madam," remarked Odell-Carney, carefully adjusting
his eyeglass. "It's quite immaterial, I assure you."
CHAPTER VI
OTHER RELATIONS
It is but natural to presume, after the foregoing, that the affairs of
the Medcrofts were under close and careful scrutiny from that
confidential hour. The Odell-Carneys were conspicuously nice and
agreeable to the Medcrofts and Miss Fowler. It may be said, indeed, that
Mr. Odell-Carney went considerably out of his way to be agreeable to
Mrs. Medcroft; so much so, in fact, that she made it a point to have
someone else with her whenever she seemed likely to be left alone with
him. The Rodneys struggled bravely and no doubt conscientiously to
emulate the example set by the Odell-Carneys, but it was hardly to be
expected that they could see new things through old-world eyes.
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