“Tell me where you dine.”

“At Angrezini’s. It’s a little restaurant ... with a nigger band. And you sing between the courses.”

“Will Mr. Sixsmith be there?”

“My dear, Mr. Sixsmith and I don’t live together any more.”

“Forgive me.”

“That’s all right....”

Miss Sinquier’s eyes grew dim.

“Used he to act?” she asked.

Act!

“I seem to have heard of him.”