"Well? What did Crayford think of it?"
"He said, 'It's the best libretto since Carmen.'"
"It is a good libretto."
"He was enthusiastic. Claude"—she put her hand on his arm—"he wants to hear your music."
"Has he said so?"
"Not exactly; not in so many words; but he seemed very much put out when he found you weren't here. And, after he had heard the libretto, he suggested my telegraphing to you to come straight back."
"Funny I should have come without your telegraphing."
"It almost seems—" She paused.
"What?"
"As if you had been led to come back of your own accord, as if you had felt you ought to be here."