She was mystified and impressed.
"How lovely, William! Is it something you're going to do?"
He considered.
"It might be," he said.
"I'd love to help." She fixed adoring blue eyes upon him.
"Well, I'll see," said the lord of creation. "I say, Joan, you comin' to my party?"
"Oh, yes!"
"Well, there's an awful lot comin'. Johnny Brent an' all that lot. I'm jolly well not lookin' forward to it, I can tell you."
"Oh, I'm so sorry! Why did you ask them, William?"
William laughed bitterly.