“I see! A fascinating subject like that must be difficult to get away from.”
“Yes—very! What a delightful woman Mrs. Hodson is.”
“I think her extremely wearisome. Her nature is as wrinkled as her face. And now I must be on my way to Adela Sellingworth’s.”
“May I walk with you as far as her door?”
“Of course.”
When they were out in Piccadilly he said:
“And now what about my promise to Mr. Craven?”
“I shall be delighted to meet him again,” said Miss Van Tuyn in a careless voice. “And I would not have you break a promise on my account. Such a sacred thing!”
“But if he bores you—”
“He doesn’t bore me more than many young men do.”