“Nothing—except what everyone has been telling me for the last few days—that I seemed very much in love.”
“And that annoyed you, I suppose.”
“On the contrary. I was delighted to find I was such a good actor.”
“People who pretend to be asleep sometimes end by actually doing it. Pretending is rather dangerous sometimes.”
“Yes, but you see I shan’t have to pretend after to-morrow.”
“Are you all packed and ready?”
“Mentally I am.”
In the entr’acte which followed quickly after their entrance, Christine dismissed him very politely. “There,” she said, “you don’t have to stay on duty all the time. You can go and stretch your legs, if you want.”
He rose at once, and as he did so, Linburne slipped into his place.
Riatt had caught sight of Laura Ussher across the house, and knew his duty demanded that he should go and say a word to his exuberant cousin who, he supposed, regarded herself as the artificer of his happiness.