“You mean at four o’clock, or permanently?”

“At four o’clock, sir,” with a charming lilt of the head.

“Take you along.”

“With that woman? Thank you!”

“No, with me.”

“Didn’t you say you had an appointment to take Mrs. Spencer?”

“I did!”

“You intend to keep the appointment?”

“I do!”

“Surely, sir, you don’t imagine for a moment that I would go anywhere with Mrs. Spencer!”