"You've passed down the wardrobe hooks pretty prodigal these last few days. What is it—a dress parade?"
"One changes," she replied.
"That's sure what I'm frightened of."
"If you'd rather I appeared in a blouse and skirt——"; but he interrupted the sentence with an uplifted hand.
"I've a fancy we'll cut cross talking," he said, "and come to grips."
"About what?"
"This young fellow Barraclough has cut ice with you?"
"I thought you knew my feelings about him."
"To borrow from your vocabulary—'one changes,'" he replied.
"I haven't changed."