Virginia, who believed in the telephone, stiffened.
“I shouldn’t be surprised,” she said. “Out of kindness of heart.”
“And when she came to the telephone told her he couldn’t sleep until——”
“Do you remember your reply?” said Virginia in a shaking voice.
Roger shrugged his shoulders.
“To keep you awake,” he said, “would have been uncharitable.”
So soon as she could speak—
“Poor deluded Derry,” said Virginia uncertainly: “I feel quite sorry for him.”
“You’ll feel much more sorry for him to-morrow morning,” said Roger violently.
“Why?”