Collingwood interposed. "Peggy, don't go on like that. I have explained it to Dicky."
"Were you quite the one to explain?" she asked.
"Well," Collingwood replied, "it was my fault I rushed you into the train."
Lord Ellerdine started. Something already beginning to be familiar had penetrated his consciousness. "We all got on the wrong train," he said.
"Oh! All?" Peggy asked.
"Yes," said the diplomatist—"yes—no—that's what we're going to say."
"To whom?" asked Peggy.
"Well—well—to—well, to anyone who wants to know."
"Who should want to know?" Peggy asked.
"Oh, no one, Peggy," said Lady Attwill; "but it's best to be prepared, you know."