“Why not?”
“Because I didn’t deserve it.”
“Wasn’t that a matter for her?”
The man hesitated. Then—
“I just couldn’t take it,” he said.
“Because it was a tip?”
“Oh, no. If it had been a fiver—well, I suppose I’d been attentive and I’ve no false pride.”
“Then why,” said Eve, “why did you turn it down?”
Jeremy laughed.
“I’m damned if I know,” he said. “But it couldn’t be done.”