“How women do vary!” Mrs. Sixsmith covertly smiled.

“To be sure.”

“My poor old friend...?”

Sir Oliver turned away.

“I notice Miss Peters here to-night,” he said.

“Whipsina?”

“With two young men.”

Un trio n’excite pas de soupçons, they say.”

“They do....”

“Have you a programme for presently, Sir Oliver?”