"May I send Johnson, sir? I don't old with telephones. They buzz at you or makes you jump. And the young person keeps on saying ave you got them? before you've ad time to breathe, in a manner of speaking."
She took the note. Vaughan sat down on a sofa to wait for the answer, glanced at the clock, and said, "Confound Muir! He's made me waste another morning."
When the answer came, Gillie went out and strolled towards Mount Street.
He found Valentia at home, evidently flattered and fluttered at seeing him.
"How sweet of you to come!" she said.
"You'll stay to lunch, of course?"
"I'm afraid I can't."
"Oh! lunching with a leading lady, I suppose?"
"No."
"With whom?"