“What is he like?”
“He is English, I think, very thin and very brown. He looks very strong.”
The waiter paused, then added:
“He has a hungry look.”
Mrs. Clarke stared at the man with her very wide-open eyes.
“Go down and ask him to wait.”
“Yes, Madame.”
The man went out. When he had shut the door Mrs. Clarke called:
“Sonia!”
Her raised voice was rather harsh.