This angered Mr. Palliser, who had really, for a few minutes, thought of pacifying his wife by sending for the horses.
"Alice," she asked, one morning, "how many eggs are eaten in Baden every morning before ten o'clock?"
Mr. Palliser, who at the moment was in the act of eating one, threw down his spoon, and pushed his plate from him.
"What's the matter, Plantagenet?" she asked.
"The matter!" he said. "But never mind; I am a fool to care for it."
"I declare I didn't know that I had done anything wrong," said Lady Glencora. "Alice, do you understand what it is?"

This angered Mr. Palliser, who had really thought of pacifying his wife by sending for the horses.
"Alice," she asked, one morning, "how many eggs are eaten in Baden every day before ten o'clock?"
Mr. Palliser, who at the moment was eating one, threw down his spoon, and pushed his plate from him.
"What's the matter, Plantagenet?" she asked.
"The matter!" he said. "But never mind; I am a fool to care about it."
"I declare I didn't know that I had done anything wrong," said Lady Glencora. "Alice, do you understand what it is?"
