“Ah, that is better. It is not good but it is better. Are you going into Athens this afternoon?”
“Yes.”
“I wished to ask you if you would let me come with you.”
“I see. I should be …”
“But now it is too late.”
“I’m so sorry,” said Graham happily. “I should have been delighted to take you.”
She shrugged. “It is too late. Mr. Kuvetli, the little Turk, has asked me and, faut de mieux, I accepted. I do not like him but he knows Athens very well. It will be interesting.”
“Yes, I should think it would be.”
“He is a very interesting man.”
“Evidently.”