Mrs. Bell gave an astonished and delighted look at the coin before her fingers closed on it.
"Well, you are a dear! I always did say you had a heart of gold—"
"Not when my purse had only coppers in it," Maggy laughed.
"What did you give her? She looked quite surprised," Alexandra inquired directly the street door had shut.
"A sovereign."
"But why?"
"Swank, my dear. Get in."
The car moved off.
"How do you like it?" she asked. "It's a Primus. Fred's got an interest in them. I wish he'd make me an agent. He's had my photo taken in one for an ad. They've got electric starting and lighting and only cost two-seventy-five. Lean back, dear. Isn't it comfy? Oh, I wonder what you'll think of my flat. You'll like the bathroom, I know. Hot water service at any time of the day or night. That's in the prospectus."
Alexandra laughed.