"Tolerably well; she came up with me."
"Did she! Where are you?"
"Some little hotel. I'm charged with a lot of messages——"
"That you don't remember!"
"I remember one of them: you're to come and see her."
"Thanks, I shall."
"Come and dine to-night, if you've nothing on. We have a room to ourselves, and——"
"I'd like to. What are you going to do during the day?"
"There are two or three things that won't take very long, but I was obliged to come. What are you doing?"
"I've an appointment outside at twelve; I shall be back in about an hour, and then I could stick a paper on the door without risking an independence."