“Oh yes, I’ve had a holiday. I’ve been in France studying the language. I can talk like a French froggy now.”
“Then of course, you saw Lorraine?”
“Yes.”
“I wanted to see you about Lorry,” with direct, straight gaze.
He steadied his features with an effort.
“I guessed so.”
“Well, what is the matter with her?”
“Nothing very much. She got thoroughly low I think, and is not pulling up very quickly.”
“I don’t understand it,” with puzzled, doubtful eyes. “Lorry is not like that. She is quite strong really. She has only once before gone under like this, and then it was a mental strain. I wonder if it is anything the same again? Did you see much of her?”
“I saw her four or five times.”