"Oh!" She looked disappointed. "Is there—isn't there anyone else we can ask?"
His eyes searched her flushed face bitterly.
"You hate being alone with me as much as all that?"
She looked away.
"I only thought it would be more lively."
"You find me such dull company."
She made no reply.
"Things have changed since we were engaged, haven't they?" said Jimmy then, savagely. "You were pleased enough to be with me then; you never wanted a third."
"Things are reversed—that is all," she told him unemotionally.
He laughed ironically.