'You don't pretend that you saw her?'
'No, I didn't see her.'
'Then, if you are not deliberately lying, you have made a mistake.'
Mrs. Maskell smiled and shook her head.
'What words did you hear?'
'Oh—talk. Nothing very particular.'
'I want to know what it was.'
'Well, as far as I could make out, Mrs. Carnaby was going to get a bicycle, and wanted to know what was the best. Not much harm in that,' she added, with a silent laugh.
Hugh sat with his hands on his knees, bending forward. He said nothing for a minute or two, and at length looked to the window.
'You were going back to Wimbledon?'