“Gill.”
“Yes, dear?”
“I rang you up to——”
“Did you?” said Giles. “When?”
“Now.”
“Now? Oh, I see. I suppose they said I was out. Never mind.”
“But why should they say you were out?”
“Well, mainly because,” said Giles, “I don’t happen to be in.”
“Gill,” cried his wife, “what on earth d’you mean?”
“Don’t ask me,” said Giles desperately. “I’m that badgered and bewildered, I can’t think straight. As I was saying, I rang you up to——”