Servants?

John.

A minute or two ago I was trying to escape from the dining-room by passing through the kitchen, and I came upon my cook and Mrs. Fraser’s maid discussing me over a bowl of chicken broth. Mrs. Quaife—my cook——! I heard her distinctly! “I never thought Mr. Allingham was that sort of a gentleman,” she said.

Olive.

What sort of a gentleman?

John.

I don’t know. I got away.

Olive.

H’m, I think I should have been rude to her.

John.