"And she went, just to—to——"
"To save my face. She's a brick," said Dilly.
This, by the way, was the first occasion on which I realised the truth of Robin's dictum that Dilly and Dolly were girls of widely different character.
"And didn't the others recognise her?"
"No. That's the best of it!"
"Not Dicky?"
"No."
"Not even Robin? He is pretty hard to deceive, you know."
"No, not even Robin. None of them know Good-night!"
But she was wrong.