Lady Evenswood was a woman of tact.
"Really," she said, "it can't be done in this way, of course. If anything is to come before you, it
must come before you regularly. I know that, Robert."
The Imp had no tact.
"Oh, no," she cried. "Do listen now, Mr Disney. Do promise to help us now!"
Tact is not always the best thing in the world.
"If you'll tell me in two words, I'll listen," said Mr Disney.
"I—I can't do that. In two words? Oh, but please——"
He had turned away from her to Southend.
"Now then, Southend?"