Lady Agatha was waiting for him on the Ladies' Veranda.
The conversation among the fashionable people at Lady Agatha's lunch was quick and clever.
"When he went upstairs to change for dinner, Lady Agatha and Fidelma looked at each other."
"She's been head over heals in love with you for ages," said Lady Agatha impatiently.
It would embarrass him and she wasn't sure that Lady Agatha would receive her.
However, there was no other plausible explanation, though Lady Agatha herself could throw little light on the circumstances of her strange resurrection.
"I am afraid that your nephew is prejudiced against that great country," he said to Lady Agatha.
"But they are so unhappy in Whitechapel," continued Lady Agatha.
Lady Agatha shook her head, but could not help being amused.
I believe she is hoping to get a word with the ghost of Lady Agatha.