He laughed.
“I see!” he said. “Well, it’s as good a time as any other for a little chat—a little explanation.”
He groped his way in and sat down.
“Now, then!” he said. “Suppose you tell me where you went with that fellow last evening, eh?”
She was startled. She hadn’t thought he had noticed. He had said nothing, even when all the people had gone and they were alone together.
“Oh.... Just downstairs to the tea room!”
“Oh ... to talk quietly!”
“To borrow money?”
“No.”