"But Hugo said...."
"Jan, dear, it is no use quoting Hugo to me. I can tell you the sort of thing he would say.... Did he mention Peter at all?"
"Certainly not. He said you were 'installed in a most comfortable flat' and had brought your own servants."
"I brought Ayah—naturally, Peter hadn't an ayah. But why do you object to his servants? They're very good."
"But don't they think it ... a little odd?"
"Oh, you can't bother about what servants think in India. They think us all mad anyway."
There was silence for a few minutes while Jan realised the fact that, dislike it as she might, she seemed fated to be laid under considerable obligation to Mr. Peter Ledgard.
"Where is Hugo?" she asked at last.
"My dear, you appear to have heard from Hugo since I have. As to his whereabouts I haven't the remotest idea."
"Do you mean to say, Fay, that he hasn't let you know where he is?"