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"
Suitably
chaperoned
by
five
million
other
guests
,
of
course
!
What
's
the
matter
,
Rain
,
do
n't
you
trust
yourself
alone
with
me
?
Or
is
it
me
you
do
n't
trust
?
"
"
You
wo
n't
be
a
guest
,
"
he
said
,
answering
the
first
part
of
her
tirade
.
"
You
'll
be
my
hostess
,
which
is
quite
different
.
Will
you
do
it
?
"
She
wiped
the
tears
away
with
the
back
of
her
hand
and
said
gruffly
,
"
Yes
.
"
It
turned
out
to
be
more
enjoyable
than
she
had
dared
hope
,
for
Rain
's
house
was
truly
beautiful
and
he
himself
in
such
a
good
mood
Justine
could
n't
help
but
become
infected
by
it
.
She
arrived
properly
though
a
little
too
flamboyantly
gowned
for
his
taste
,
but
after
an
involuntary
grimace
at
first
sight
of
her
shocking-pink
slipper
satin
,
he
tucked
her
arm
through
his
and
conducted
her
around
the
premises
before
the
guests
arrived
.
Then
during
the
evening
he
behaved
perfectly
,
treating
her
in
front
of
the
others
with
an
offhand
intimacy
which
made
her
feel
both
useful
and
wanted
.
His
guests
were
so
politically
important
her
brain
did
n't
want
to
think
about
the
sort
of
decisions
they
must
have
to
make
.
Such
ordinary
people
,
too
.
That
made
it
worse
.
"
I
would
n't
have
minded
so
much
if
even
one
of
them
had
displayed
symptoms
of
the
Chosen
Few
,
"
she
said
to
him
after
they
had
gone
,
glad
of
the
chance
to
be
alone
with
him
and
wondering
how
quickly
he
was
going
to
send
her
home
.
"
You
know
,
like
Napoleon
or
Churchill
.
There
's
a
lot
to
be
said
for
being
convinced
one
is
a
man
of
destiny
,
if
one
is
a
statesman
.
Do
you
regard
yourself
as
a
man
of
destiny
?
"
He
winced
.
"
You
might
choose
your
questions
better
when
you
're
quizzing
a
German
,
Justine
.
No
,
I
do
n't
,
and
it
is
n't
good
for
politicians
to
deem
themselves
men
of
destiny
.
It
might
work
for
a
very
few
,
though
I
doubt
it
,
but
the
vast
bulk
of
such
men
cause
themselves
and
their
countries
endless
trouble
.
"
She
had
no
desire
to
argue
the
point
.
It
had
served
its
purpose
in
getting
a
certain
line
of
conversation
started
;
she
could
change
the
subject
without
looking
too
obvious
.
"
The
wives
were
a
pretty
mixed
bunch
,
were
n't
they
?
"
she
asked
artlessly
.
"
Most
of
them
were
far
less
presentable
than
I
was
,
even
if
you
do
n't
approve
of
hot
pink
.
Mrs.
Whatsit
was
n't
too
bad
,
and
Mrs.
Hoojar
simply
disappeared
into
the
matching
wallpaper
,
but
Mrs.
Gumfoozler
was
abominable
.
How
does
her
husband
manage
to
put
up
with
her
?
Oh
,
men
are
such
fools
about
choosing
their
wives
!
"
"
Justine
!
When
will
you
learn
to
remember
names
?
It
's
as
well
you
turned
me
down
,
a
fine
politician
's
wife
you
would
have
made
.
I
heard
you
er-umming
when
you
could
n't
remember
who
they
were
.
Many
men
with
abominable
wives
have
succeeded
very
well
,
and
just
as
many
with
quite
perfect
wives
have
n't
succeeded
at
all
.
In
the
long
run
it
does
n't
matter
,
because
it
's
the
caliber
of
the
man
which
is
put
to
the
test
.
There
are
few
men
who
marry
for
reasons
purely
politic
.
"
That
old
ability
to
put
her
in
her
place
could
still
shock
;
she
made
him
a
mock
salaam
to
hide
her
face
,
then
sat
down
on
the
rug
.
