"Is the difference very marked?" Ralph asked.
"Very marked, indeed. Honestly, I should not have known you."
Ralph gave a sigh, whether of sorrow or satisfaction Geoffrey could not say.
"Time will prove whether the disguise is of any value or not," he said. "I came to ask you about this evening. Are you going?"
"Of course I am. Mrs. Mona May fascinates me. On the whole, I have deemed it advisable to say nothing to the others. We cannot call upon Mrs. May and they need not know that I have had any intercourse with her."
Ralph nodded. Perhaps he alone knew the real need for secrecy in this matter.
"Quite right," he said. "The less said the better. She wrote to you, of course?"
"Oh, yes. I had the letter yesterday."
"And destroyed it, of course?"
"Upon my word, I've forgotten. I see you are angry with me. Well, I will try not to make a similar mistake again."