Nothing was said for a moment.
"Engaged!" he murmured.
Jeannette raised her eyes and noted his reflective attitude.
"Who can have put it in?" he went on.
"I can't imagine."
"And why?"
"It does seem strange," admitted Jeannette in a detached tone.
"It's not as if we were——"
"No," she interposed hurriedly.
"Well, what ought we to do about it? Of course, we can contradict it, but——"