"I could do with another suit."
"Very well. Mr. Sandal will advance whatever you need for that." She suddenly remembered that if he went to the Ashby tailor there would be a sensation. So she added: "And he will give you the address of his tailor."
"Why not Walters?" said the boy.
For a moment she could not speak.
"Aren't they there any more?"
"Oh, yes; but there would be too many explanations if you went to Walters." She must keep a hold on herself. Anyone could find out who the Ashby tailor had been.
"Oh, yes. I see."
She fell back on small-talk and began to take her leave.
"We have not told the family about you," she said, as she prepared to go. "We thought it better not to, until things are-are what Mr. Sandal calls clarified."
A flash of amusement showed in his eyes at that. For a moment they were allied in a secret laughter.