“Miss Schlegel, you’re a pair of dear creatures, but you really must be careful in this uncharitable world. What does your brother say?”
“I forget.”
“Surely he has some opinion?”
“He laughs, if I remember correctly.”
“He’s very clever, isn’t he?” said Evie, who had met and detested Tibby at Oxford.
“Yes, pretty well—but I wonder what Helen’s doing.”
“She is very young to undertake this sort of thing,” said Mr. Wilcox.
Margaret went out into the landing. She heard no sound, and Mr. Bast’s topper was missing from the hall.
“Helen!” she called.
“Yes!” replied a voice from the library.