‘More or less—as far as I can tell——’
‘What?’
She whispered.
‘A darling.’
‘Ah, thank you.’ He added rapidly, in the full soft voice of laughter: ‘Thank you, darling.’
‘Now we’ve both said it. Roddy, aren’t we absurd?’
‘No, very sensible.’
‘Did you like it?’
‘I adored it.’
‘Roddy, are we flirting?’