Warner said:
"A man scarcely expects to see more than one sort of woman in a cabaret."
"Yet, you were not astonished to see me, were you?"
"Yes," he said, "I was astonished."
"You did not seem to be."
Warner glanced at Halkett:
"Do you remember what I once said about Philippa's soul?"
The Englishman smiled at Philippa:
"As soon as Mr. Warner saw you he said to me that your soul was as clean as a flame.... I was slower to understand you."
The girl turned swiftly to Warner: