"Nonsense. Why, it was Richard last week."
"But the same person."
"And Gerald the week before. Gerald, yes; he was rather a good chap."
"Just the same, only the name was different. And who are we? We are you as you imagine yourself to be."
I looked inquiringly at Dorothy.
"Last week," he went on, "you called me Richard. And I proposed to
Phyllis."
"And I accepted him," said Dorothy.
"You!" I said. "What were YOU doing there, I should like to know?"
"Last week I was Phyllis."
"The week before," went on Reginald, "I was Gerald, and I proposed to Millicent."