'Miss Levering,' answered Lady John. 'He wouldn't do it for me, but she brought him round.'
'Bah-ee Jove!' said Freddy. 'I expect so.'
'Yes.' Mrs. Freddy beamed in turn at her lord and at Farnborough as she strolled with them through the window. 'Isn't she wonderful?'
'Too wonderful,' said Greatorex to the lady in question, lowering his voice, 'to waste your time on the wrong people.'
'I shall waste less of my time after this.' Miss Levering spoke thoughtfully.
'I'm relieved to hear it. I can't see you wheedling money for shelters and rot of that sort out of retired grocers.'
'You see, you call it rot. We couldn't have got £8000 out of you.'
Speaking still lower, 'I'm not sure,' he said slyly.
She looked at him.
'If I gave you that much—for your little projects—what would you give me?' he demanded.