Ann took a step towards the door.
"Don't go!"
Ann stopped.
"Mr. Crocker!" she said.
"Jimmy," he corrected.
"Mr. Crocker!" repeated Ann firmly.
"Or Algernon, if you prefer it."
"May I ask—" Ann regarded him steadily. "May I ask."
"Nearly always," said Jimmy, "when people begin with that, they are going to say something unpleasant."
"May I ask why you went to all this trouble to make a fool of me? Why could you not have told me who you were from the start?"