Again Adrien leaned toward him.
“One?” she asked.
“And as many more as you can spare.”
“My program is quite empty, you see,” she said, flinging out her hands and laughing joyously into his face.
“What about me? And me? And me?” said the other three men.
“I suppose we are all nowhere to-night,” added Rupert, with a touch of bitterness in his voice.
“Well, there is only one conquering hero, you know,” replied Adrien, smiling at them all.
“Now I must run off,” said Maitland. “You see, I am on duty, as it were. Come down in a few minutes.”
“Yes, go, Jack,” said Adrien, throwing him a warm smile. “We will follow you in a few minutes.”
“Oh, I am so excited!” said Patricia, as Maitland disappeared down the stairs. “I mean to dance with every one of the team. I know I am going to have a perfectly lovely time! But I would give them all up if I could have Captain Jack all the time.”