“Yes, dear Constance, I have seen Nannie.”
“Call me ‘Miss Wilder’ please.”
“I’ll be hanged if I will! You’ve been calling me Tony and Jerry and anything else you chose ever since you knew me—and long before for the matter of that.”
Constance waived the point.
“Was she glad to see you?”
“She’s always glad to see me.”
“Oh, don’t be so provoking! Give me the particulars. Was she surprised? How did you explain the telegrams and letters and Gustavo’s stories? I should think the Hotel Sole d’Oro at Riva and the walking trip with the Englishman must have been difficult.”
“Not in the least; I told the truth.”
“The truth! Not all of it?”
“Every word.”