"D'you mean you were here the whole time?"
"Some one was. Ask Mr. Rawnsley."
"Were you?"
"D'you think it likely?"
"How should I know?"
Elsie hardened her heart to play the unwelcome rôle to its bitter end.
"You know my character, you've not had time to forget my divorce or the way I thrust myself under the noses of respectable people. Have I got much more bloom to lose?"
"It's not true! The Seraph ... he wouldn't!"
"You used to see us about together."
"There's nothing in that!"