"No, I don't," he said.
"Then where do you address her letters?"
"I walk round every night after bedtime, and drop the letter into her letter-box. Is it likely I would let a postman touch it? Anyhow, on this occasion Tilly told me that if I asked for my umbrella any time I was passing it would be handed out to me. Then she thanked me again, the darling, and went into the shop."
"Front entrance?" enquired Lady Adela swiftly.
"Was it?" said Dicky vaguely. "I don't remember. Yes, I do. She went round and in at the side somewhere. Why?"
"Nothing," said Lady Adela. "And did you call at Russell Square?"
"Rather! I went there next afternoon."
"Were you invited in?"
"As a matter of fact, I met her coming out, with her father. A splendid old chap! Apparently Tilly had told him the whole tale, and he had expressed a desire to make my acquaintance. A lucky desire for me, what? He took us both out to tea."
"Where?"