"Why Claridge's?"
"It's the only hotel that I know. And I had to have his name and address to send it back."
"May I send it back this afternoon?" Edward asked.
"Yes—"
"And you take back all you said in the letter? You don't mean it?"
"Not if you didn't want me to."
"And it wasn't really only because you thought I. . . ."
"Of course. At least. . . ."
"Well, then," said Mr. Basingstoke, happily, "it never happened. I fetched you as we arranged. We go on as we arranged. And Mr. Schultz is only a bad dream to which I owe ten pounds."