“No,” said the girl, carefully drying and arranging the quaint Egyptian tea-set, “and I won’t for ages.”

“But you’re not going to wash all those things? The concierge does that.”

“No, only the wine-glasses and the tea-set. The idea of trusting such fragile cups to a concierge! What a boy!”

But she was soon ready to dry her slender hands, and caught up a towel with a demure glance at Gethryn.

“Which do you think most of—your dogs, or me?”

“Pups.”

“That parrot, or me?”

“Poll.”

“The raven, or me? The cat, or me?”

“Bird and puss.”