"Jerry is very generous," she said sweetly. "Do tell me about it."
Here Jerry blundered in rather sheepishly. "Oh, I say, Una, that's a secret, you know."
"Oh, is it?" said Una innocently. "I can't see why. Marcia knows. Everybody ought to. It was such a splendid thing to do."
"Jerry is so modest," said Marcia.
"The plans are simply adorable," Una went on quickly. "You know, Jerry, we simply had to have that open-air school on the roof. You know, you didn't object—"
"N—no—of course," said Jerry, shifting his feet.
"And the ward for nursing babies—we did put those windows in the west wall. You know we were a little uncertain about that."
"So we were," echoed Jerry dismally.
This was merely the preliminary skirmish with Una's outposts holding their positions close to the enemy's lines. But Marcia was not to be daunted. She opened fire immediately.
"It's simply dear of you, Una, to take so much interest in the work. I'm sure Jerry must have frightful difficulties in managing to spend his income. But to have his oldest friend to help him must relieve him of a tremendous burden of responsibility."