"Besides," he continued, "how am I to prosecute a search for our missing halves with a Noah's ark in tow?"
"That does put the matter in a different light," she admitted.
"You bet it does!" he replied. "As for her ladyship, she can do what she pleases with my slight token of regard. Give it to the poor of the parish, if she likes; I don't ask her to keep it."
"But what is to become of me?"
"Oh, you are to be sent home with the butler early to-morrow morning."
"I won't go!"
"Then join me."
"But supposing we don't find my husband to-morrow——"
"Then I'll take you down to my consulate at Christchurch for the night. I have plenty of friends there with whom you can stay."
"That settles it," she replied.