'No, but——' She turned her laughing face to him. 'When is something else going to begin, Tommy? I'm all ready for adventures. I've spent all my money——'
'You've spent——?'
'Now don't pretend to be surprised—it's all gone in frocks, and presents, and things. But—— Why, you never asked me where I got my necklace!'
'If you wore the Koh-i-Noor should I ask you where you got it?'
'Airey sent it to me to-day. I refused it from him before, but to-day I'm going to keep it. Because of what it means to him, you know.' She pushed her cloak a little aside and fingered the pearls. 'Yes, the money's all gone,' she went on, rather pleased apparently; 'and there's no more from poor dear uncle, and—and Airey Newton won't live in Danes Inn any longer!'
Tommy was silent; he was not silent altogether without an effort, but silent he was. She pressed his arm for a moment.
'Will you be promoted to Airey Newton's place?' she asked.
'But why only tea?' said Tommy.
She waited a little before she answered.
'What should you say,' she asked at last, 'if I ever changed?' She did not tell him from what: in words she had never told him, and in words he had never asked.