“Well?”

“Write.”

“What?”

“Write.”

“Why?”

“Because I fear we intrude.”

“Intrude?” Harold Weathercock exclaimed, coming up. “I assure you it’s a treat....”

Mrs. Sixsmith threw a sidelong, intriguing glance across her shoulder.

“Who’s the cure in plaits?” she demanded.

“It’s Little May Mant—she’s seeing her sister home.”