Mary hesitated for a second.
"Perhaps she did not put it exactly that way—Mr. Marshall. But of course I understand that you wanted one. I was engaged for that purpose."
"Did she tell you I was in society?"
"I don't remember that she did. But I took that for granted."
"Do I look as if I was in society?"
"I—I can't say." She found the young man somewhat disconcerting. "Aren't you?"
"No!" Bill thundered it.
"Oh!"
"I'm not in society, and I'm not going in. I wouldn't go into society if they closed up everything else."