To Lily. And if I’m any judge of a man, Lily, Farncombe would have kept his promise. He’d have kept it faithfully, but for me. I’ve brought him along—insisted on it. Emphatically. I’ve brought him along. See?
Lily.
W-w-why, Nicko?
Jeyes.
I’ll tell you, my dear. You remember, when we left you early this morning, ordering us to walk away together and to part good friends?
Lily.
P-perfectly.
Jeyes.
Well, we did walk away together, and we did part good friends. But we didn’t part at all till some hours later, in his rooms. We didn’t part till I’d made him stand by me and listen to me while I had a long jaw with my brother on the ’phone.
Lily.