"What about Italy?" Chris inquired over the 'phone, and Feathers said that he expected to go in about ten days' time.
Chris told Marie.
"We ought to ask him round before he goes," he said. "You write and ask him to dinner, Marie Celeste."
She wanted to refuse, but did not like to.
229 "Very well." She was looking pale and tired, and Chris' eyes watched her anxiously.
After a moment he asked:
"How long is Miss Webber going to stay?"
"I don't know. I can't very well ask her to go, can I?" Chris mooned around the room.
"I wish she'd go," he said inhospitably.
Marie smiled.