"Left-centre," interrupted the coach, in a tone of long-suffering patience.
She paused bewildered, and believing that she had spoken her lines too abruptly, began again:
"'See, the clambering—'"
"Left-centre."
"'Ah, the old home—'"
Monsieur Gerardy settled himself deliberately in his chair and resting his head upon one hand closed his eyes. His manner was that of Galileo under torture declaring "still it moves."
"Left-centre."
"Oh—oh, yes. I forgot."
Monsieur Gerardy apostrophized the chandelier with mirthless humour.
"Oh, ha, ha! She forgot."