‘You poor little thing to be so upset.’
She laughed in response, deprecatingly, drearily.
He tightened his arm round her, sighed happily and said:
‘Nor can I.’
‘I didn’t sleep a wink last night.’
‘Nor did I.’
‘After all these years.... Do you know, I’ve been in love with you ever since I’ve known you? Never anybody else for a moment. But I didn’t dare hope.... I wonder what Roddy will say when we tell him.’
‘I wonder.’
‘You know I was almost sure not so very long ago that if you liked any one of us specially it was Roddy.’