'Hallo?'
'Is it really true—?'
'What?'
'Oh, nothing,' said Biffy, and conversation languished again. After about a minute and a half he came to the surface once more.
'Bertie.'
'Still here, old thing. What is it?'
'I say, Bertie, is it really true that you were once engaged to Honoria?'
'It is.'
Biffy coughed.
'How did you get out—I mean, what was the nature of the tragedy that prevented the marriage?'