"Don't be silly, Jean."
"Do you know I have hardly seen you to-day, Miss Nathalie," said Churchill, finding a place on the railing at her side. "Where have you kept yourself?"
"Everywhere—anywhere. I have not been hard to find."
Nathalie's eyes were smiling wickedly into his, and his gave her back a smile.
"Now, let me explain," he began.
"Oh, don't let me put you to any unnecessary trouble," she interrupted with mock formality.
"You are very cruel to-night," said Churchill laughing. "By the way, Dick and I went down to the Vortex this afternoon, and there are some awfully good fellows aboard. I hope you girls will give them a good time."
"It seems to me that the responsibility ought to rest with them," interposed Eleanor Hill.
"Otherwise we should feel absolutely overwhelmed," said Nan comically.
"Here comes Dick now," exclaimed Nathalie, "and he has a strange man with him."