"So am I," laughed Fanny almost hysterically. "One of Jimmie's ideas has turned out right at last."
"One of his ideas?" echoed Virginia puzzled.
"Yes—about you and Robert," said Fanny, ignoring her husband's dumb signals to keep silent.
"Shut up!" he whispered fiercely.
"Didn't she know?" demanded Fanny.
The clerk made a gesture of disgust.
"Know what?" asked Virginia in surprise.
"Why—why—"
"What didn't I know?" insisted Virginia. "What is it about you and me—" She looked to her husband for an explanation, but he was silent. Anxiously she said: "Robert, tell me! Tell me!"
Stafford went up to her. Tenderly he replied: