"I don't think so," he affirmed coolly. "I consider that you belong to me already. You are only postponing the time when I shall claim you."
She made no remark, and behind her veil her face told him little. A moment later they issued from the Park and stood on the pavement before the Baroness' flat. She held out her hand without a word.
"I think," he said, "that I should like to come in and see the Baroness."
"Not now," she begged. "We shall meet again at dinner-time."
"Where?" he asked eagerly.
"Madame desired me to ask you to join us at the Grosvenor," she answered, "at half-past eight."
"I shall be delighted," he answered, promptly. "You nearly forgot to tell me."
She shook her head.
"No! I didn't," she said. "I should not have let you go away without giving you her message."
"And you will let me bring you home afterwards?"