"Sonia's kept it pretty fresh in her mind," he retorted.
I might have recalled to them both a dinner-table scene at House of Steynes thirteen months before when Sonia inquired how Raney was getting on in Mexico and expressed a more than friendly desire to see him on his return. That was, of course, before the engagement to Loring.
"What d'you suggest?" I contented myself with asking.
"I think we'd better clear out," he answered, with emphasis on the pronoun.
"To the Deninghams?"
"They can't take us till Wednesday. Sonia talks about going to an hotel, but that's out of the question. I'd better take her back to London——"
"And cut the Deninghams?"
"Oh, I can't do that. He's my mother's only brother, you know."
"Do I understand you're proposing to take her from Kerry to London and back again from London to Clare in five, four days?" He was silent. "What does she say, Jim?"
"Refuses point-blank," he answered despairingly.