“Oh, my chocolates!” exclaimed Miss Thompkins. “I’ve left them in the hall!”
“No, here they are,” said Nick, handing the box.
To Audrey it seemed to be the identical box that Mr. Gilman had been carrying. But of course it might not be. Thousands of chocolate boxes resemble each other exactly.
Carefully ignoring Mr. Ziegler, Audrey remarked to Tommy with a light-heartedness which she did not feel:
“Well, what did you think of Jane this afternoon?”
“Jane?”
“Jane Foley. Nick was taking you to see her, wasn’t she?”
“Oh, yes!” said Tommy with a bright smile. “But I didn’t go. I went for a motor drive with Mr. Gilman.”
There was a short pause. At length Tommy said:
“So he’s got the goods on you at last!”