“What shall I do then?”
She looked at me, her head on one side, screwing up her clever mischievous eyes.
“That, my dear, depends entirely on what you want to do.”
“Do you think Ludovic would mind my approaching him on such a subject?”
She laughed. “Do you?”
“No, I don’t. I should put it quite brutally, he would only have to say no.”
“Quite so.” She continued to watch me with her funny intelligent grin.
“And that wouldn’t spoil our friendship, would it?” I asked again.
“No, I should say not, certainly not.” She laughed again and somehow, frank as was that bubbling sound, I didn’t like it coming in at that moment.