“How charming of you! We’ve been walking here since ten o’clock.”
“Mr. Ellerton, will you be serious for a minute? I want to say something important. When we meet the Ashforths there mustn’t be a word said about—about—you know.”
“Why not?”
“Oh, I couldn’t! So soon! Surely you see that. Why, it would be hardly civil to them, would it, apart from anything else?”
“Well, it might look rather casual.”
“And I positively couldn’t face John Ashforth. You promise, don’t you?”
“It’s a nuisance, because, you see, Dolly——
“You’re not to get into the habit of saying ‘Dolly’. At least not yet.”
“Presently?”
“If you’re good. Now promise!”