"Suppose they ask me questions?"
"They won't."
"But suppose they do? Suppose the girl says Where did you meet him and when did all this happen and what the hell and all like that, what do I say?"
Hamilton Beamish considered the point.
"I think the best plan would be for you to pretend, immediately after you have spoken the words I have indicated, that emotion has made you feel faint. Yes, that is best. Having said those words, exclaim 'Air! Air! I want air!' and rush out."
"Now you're talking. I like that bit about rushing out. I'll go so quick, they won't see me."
"Then you are prepared to do this thing?"
"Looks as if I'd got to."
"Good. Kindly run through your opening speech. I must see that you are letter-perfect."
"George! George!..."