"You remember our wager?" I said, with a shrug of the shoulders.
"It was a joke," she retorted. "And not in very good taste. Oh, I was as much to blame as you were."
"But I was quite serious."
"Did you seriously think I should give up the Cause?"
"I offered very long odds. A twopenny ring—but you remember what they were."
"Are you any nearer winning?"
"I should like to think so."
"Because we haven't answered Mr. Rawnsley's time-arrangements in the House?"
"Oh, I've no doubt the reply has been posted."
She nodded significantly. "And they haven't found their hostages yet."