“All right.”
“We’re not engaged.”
“All right.”
“Nor thinking of it,”
“Rather not.”
“That’s very nice of you, and when the Ashforths are gone——”
“I shall be duly rewarded?”
“Oh, we’ll see. Do come along. Papa hates being kept waiting for his meals, and they must have finished their slums long ago.”
They found Lady Deane and the General waiting for them, and the latter proposed an adjournment to a famous restaurant near the Opera. Thither they repaired, and ordered their lunch.
“Deane and Laing will find out where we’ve gone and follow,” said the General. “We won’t wait,” and he resumed his conversation with Lady Deane on the events of the morning.