Eve, standing on the steps at Crossroads, saw them coming. "Oh, I'm not going," she said to Winifred passionately.
"Why not?"
"He has that girl with him."
"What girl?"
"Anne Warfield."
Winifred's eyes opened wide. "She's a darling, Eve. I liked her so much last night."
"I don't see why he has to bring her into everything."
"All the men are in love with her; even Tony has eyes for her, and Pip——"
"What makes you defend her, Win? She isn't one of us, and you know it."
"I don't know it. She belongs to older stock than either you or I, Eve. And if she didn't, don't you know a lady when you see one?"