Bunter was anxious, also, about how things were going at the Dowager's he did not really believe that anything could be suitably organised or carried out without his assistance. Kléber) for having, in his presence, unreasonably lost her temper with a lady's maid but wives were not subject to peremptory dismissal. He had seen one lady threatened with dismissal from his lordship's service (including all emoluments and the enjoyment of an appartement meublé, Ave. Bunter was professionally accustomed to judge human beings by their behaviour, not in great crises, but in the minor adjustments of daily life.
True, the lady seemed now to be in a very satisfactory way of amendment but it was yet to be ascertained what her conduct would be under the strain of trivial inconvenience. What his lordship had had to put up with from herduring the past five or six years, only his lordship knew, but Mr. Not but what his lordship was always ready to put up with what couldn't be helped but it was unsuitable that his lordship should be called on to put up with anything-besides, the lady was still, to some extent, an unknown factor. True, he had brought ample supplies from Fortnum's, but suppose there were no knives or forks or plates available? He wished he could have gone ahead, as originally instructed, to see to things. He hoped everything would be found in good order when they arrived-otherwise, his lady and gentleman might get nothing to eat till goodness knew when. He was anxious about the arrangements-or the lack of them-at Talboys. Great speed would render the wine undrinkable for a fortnight excessive speed would render it undrinkable for six months. Packed in eiderdowns in the back of the car was a case containing two and a half dozen of vintage port, and he was anxious about it. Mervyn Bunter, patiently seated in the Daimler on the far side of Regent's Park, reflected that time was getting on.
I agree with Dryden, that "Marriage is a noble daring"- samuel johnson: Table Talk.
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