What's the good of any such resolution now?"
"And you have met him?"
"Yes; he--Mr. Palliser--knew all about it. When he talked of taking me to the house, I whispered to him that I thought Burgo would be there."
"Do not call him by his Christian name," said Alice, almost with a shudder.
"Why not?--why not his Christian name? I did when I told my husband. Or perhaps I said Burgo Fitzgerald."
"Well."

"You have met him?"
"Yes; Mr. Palliser knew all about it. When he talked of taking me to the house, I whispered to him that I thought Burgo would be there."
"Do not call him by his Christian name," said Alice, almost with a shudder.
"Why not? I did when I told my husband. Or perhaps I said Burgo Fitzgerald."
"Well."
