"Very nice boy!" agreed Jennie cordially.
Merriam noticed with alarm just the faintest touch of the effect of cocktails in her accent. How many had the girl had by now?
"So you met him at Reiberg's, did you?" Crockett pursued.
"Reiberg's?" said Jennie doubtfully, "Reiberg's?"
"Yes," Margery cut in. "Picked him up there and brought him home. I call it a shame. Jen's never done that sort of thing before."
"I expect you took to him because he looks so much like Senator Norman," suggested Crockett, rather skillfully persistent.
"Yes," said Jennie, "looks very like George. But he's not George. He's John!"
"John what?" asked Crockett mildly.
"John Blank!" said Margery sharply. "He told you he didn't want to give his name. Jen, keep your face shut!"
"I beg your pardon, I'm sure," said Crockett.