"What made him go back on you?"
"A girl."
"Which way?"
"Well, it was this way. I was staying with the Huntingdons, you know, the Warwickshire lot."
"I know—bridge and brandy crowd."
"Oh, they're all right. Well, I was staying with them when I met her."
"What's her name?"
"Alice Carruthers."
"Heave ahead."