"Thank him for saving your life, you ungrateful girl."
Jill growled at Perigal even more angrily than before.
"Oh, you naughty Jill!" cried Mavis.
"Not a bit of it; she's cleverer than you; she's a reader of character," said Perigal.
CHAPTER NINETEEN
THE MOON GODDESS
"Do you know anything of Mr. Charlie Perigal?" asked Mavis of Miss Toombs and Miss Hunter the following day, as they were sipping their afternoon tea.
"Why?" asked Miss Hunter.
"I met him yesterday," replied Mavis.