“No.”

He glanced at her; her face was downcast. “Why did you never write?” he asked bitterly.

“I wrote.”

“Again, I mean.”

“I did—in July.”

“I never had it.”

“It came back.”

“But Mrs. Munday ...”

“I had forgotten her name. I sent it to the Grammar School.”

Lewisham suppressed an exclamation.