“I can always manage to find what I want,” he returned, still smiling.
When he had gone back to his table Robin Pierce said:
“How insolent Englishmen are allowed to be in Society! It always strikes me after I’ve been a long time abroad. Doesn’t anybody mind it?”
“Do you mean that you consider Mr. Ulford insolent?”
“In manner. Yes, I do.”
“Well, I think there’s something like Fritz about him.”
Robin Pierce could not tell from the way this was said what would be a safe remark to make. He therefore changed the subject.
“Do you know what Sir Donald’s been doing?” he said.
“No. What?”
“Buying a Campo Santo.”