He looked up. "I daresay I should. But they aren't mine. I won't have anything to do with them."
"If you had a grain of decency, or - or chivalry -'
"Do stop trying to cast me for this beastly Gunga Din role!" he implored. "Find someone else for the job! You must know lots of whiter men than I am."
"Very well!" said Sally. "If you haven't the guts to do it, I have, and I will!"
"I don't want to blight your youthful ardour, sweet one, but I think I ought to tell you that there's a large, resolute policeman parked in the front hall."
Her face fell. "I never thought of that," she said slowly. An idea occurred to her. "Do you mean he's keeping a watch over the household?"
"Well, he's certainly not a paying-guest."
She started up. "You utter, abysmal idiot, what did you come here for if the house was being watched?"
"To get some cigarettes. We've run out."
"Oh, don't be a fool! Don't you realise you'll have led them straight to Helen?"