At last they desisted, a little sheepishly.
"Abel," said a cold voice, "be seated. Dick, take that chair."
Both gentlemen complied meekly.
"I see," said Lady Adela, looking up from a rapid perusal of her son's letter, "that the girl's name is Tilly Welwyn. Tilly, I presume, is an abbreviation of Matilda?"
"I don't know," confessed Dicky. "But Tilly will," he added brightly. "She knows everything."
"I notice," continued the Counsel for the Prosecution, still skimming through the letter, "that you have known one another for a short time--"
"Seven weeks, five days, four hours, and a few odd minutes," confirmed the defendant, looking at his watch.
"--And you became engaged as recently as last Sunday." Lady Adela laid down the letter. "Where?"
"On the top of a 'bus."
"H'm!" said Mr. Mainwaring uneasily.