Chapter-8 They knew what was decorous behavior and what was not and they never failed to make their opinions known��Mrs. Merriwether at the top of her voice, Mrs. Elsing in an elegant die-away drawl and Mrs. Whiting in a distressed whisper which showed

They knew what was decorous behavior and what was not and they never failed to make their opinions known��Mrs. Merriwether at the top of her voice, Mrs. Elsing in an elegant die-away drawl and Mrs. Whiting in a distressed whisper which showed how much she hated to speak of such things.