Hillyard looked up.
"Mario Escobar?"
"Do you know him?" asked Millie Splay.
"Slightly," answered Hillyard. "Press of work! What does he do?"
"Runs about with the girls," said Dennis Brown.
Sir Chichester Splay would not have the explanation.
"Nonsense, my dear Dennis, nonsense, nonsense! He has a great many social engagements of the most desirable kind. He is, I believe, interested in some shipping firms."
"I like him," said Millie Splay.
"And so do I," added Joan, "very much indeed." The statement was defiantly thrown at Harold Jupp.
"I think he is charming," said Miranda.