"No."
"To-morrow? When we all do?"
"Mir Khan permitting," said Terrington with a smile.
"Will it be more dangerous where he is than where we shall be?"
"No," said Terrington; "rather safer. He'll have a line of retreat."
"Safer!" she echoed with astonishment; "then why didn't you send me with him?"
Terrington looked at her thoughtfully as he inverted the tin of milk above his mug.
"Pure selfishness," he said. "I wanted some one to pour out tea for me before the battles."
"I don't see why you shouldn't speak the truth," she pouted.
"I don't see why you should want it spoken if you know it so well," he said.