‘Evidently not.’
‘And they think you—are having money from me?’
‘That’s how they explain your taking a place in a shop.’
Nancy laughed, and laughed again.
‘How ridiculous!’
‘I’m glad you can get amusement out of it. Perhaps you can suggest how the joke began?’
She moved a few steps, then turned again to him.
‘Yes, I know who the woman must be. It’s Beatrice French.’
‘A bosom friend of yours, of course.’
‘Nothing of the kind.’