When Lady Glencora made any such statement as this--and she
often did make such statements--no one dared to answer her. It was
understood that Lady Glencora was not to be snubbed, though she was very
much given to snubbing others. She had attained this position for herself
by a mixture of beauty, rank, wealth, and courage, but the courage had, of
the four, been her greatest mainstay.
Then Lord Chiltern, who was playing billiards with Barrington Erle, rapped
his cue down on the floor, and made a speech.
"I never was so sick of anything in my life as I am of Lady Eustace.
People have talked about her now for the last six months."
"Only three months, Lord Chiltern," said Lady Glencora in a tone of
rebuke.
"And all that I can hear of her is that she has told a lot of lies and
lost a necklace."
"When Lady Chiltern loses a necklace worth ten thousand pounds, there will
be talk of her," said Lady Glencora.
At that moment Madame Max Goesler entered the room and whispered a word to
the hostess. She had just come from the duke, who could not bear the
racket of the billiard-room. "Wants to go to bed, does he? Very well.
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