“Look in the glass.”

“What for?”

“To see your face, to be sure.”

She started, blushed red, and moved a step towards me.

“You don’t mean—?” she cried.

“Thou art the woman,” said I.

“Oh, but he never said a word—”

“Johnny had his code,” said I. “And in some ways it was better than some people’s—in some, alas! worse.”

“And Hilary?”

“Really you know better than I do whether I’ve told the truth about Hilary.”