But Alice never knew in what way the matter was settled between Mr. Palliser and his wife, or whether there was any such settling. Probably there was none. "Of course, he understands that it didn't mean anything," Lady Glencora had said. "He knows that I don't want to gamble." But let that be as it might, their sojourn at Baden was curtailed, and none of the party went up again to the Assembly Rooms before their departure.

But Alice never knew how the matter was settled between Mr. Palliser and his wife, or whether there was any such settling.
"Of course, he knows that I don't want to gamble," Lady Glencora had said. All the same, none of them went to the Assembly Rooms again before their departure.
