“Yes?”

Her lips trembled. Again jealousy seized her.

“I saw you that night in Conduit Street,” she said. “You thought I didn’t, but I did.”

He still looked perfectly calm and untroubled.

“You were dining with Dick Garstin. May I not dine with someone?”

“Then why did you leave the restaurant?”

“I did not want you to see me.”

“Ah!”

“I thought you might not understand.”

“I do understand. I understand perfectly!”