'Wasn't it just splendid that he should come then?'
'Capital for us! But he did it, you know!' Tommy's tone was awestruck.
'Why, of course he did it, Tommy.'
'Then, in my opinion, he's in for a precious nasty quarter of an hour.'
Peggy plumped down on the bed, and her laugh rang out in mellow gentleness again.
'Doesn't it strike you that she might forgive him what she wouldn't forgive us?' she asked.
'By Jove! Because she's in love with him?'
'Oh, I suppose that's not a reason for forgiveness with everybody,' murmured Peggy, smoking hard.