"No fear," replied Perigal emphatically.
"Aren't men very selfish?" she asked.
"They are where those women they admire are concerned."
At the conclusion of the meal, they sat in the inn garden. They spoke of old times, old associations. Mavis gave Perigal an abridged account of her doings since she had last seen him, omitting to mention her experience with Mr Orgles, Mrs Hamilton, and Miss Ewer.
"I suppose you've run across a lot of chaps in London?" he presently remarked.
"No, I haven't run against any 'chaps', as you call them."
"Rot!"
"It's a fact."
"Do you mean to say you've never yet had a love affair?"
"That's a business that requires two, isn't it?"