"I shall have heaps now!" exulted Lorraine. "You two are trumps to have helped me!"
"I'd nothing else to do," said Morland.
"Wouldn't Violet let you practise?" asked Claudia quickly.
"No, she said it woke up Perugia!"
Claudia shrugged her shoulders eloquently.
"It's always the way!" she replied.
"Are you fond of music?" asked Lorraine.
"Love it! It's the only thing I do care about. I'd play all day and night if Violet didn't turn me out. She locks the piano sometimes."
"Is she your sister?"
Morland and Claudia both laughed and looked at each other, and the latter explained: