"I don't know."
"Is he coming back?"
"He didn't mention it, if he is." And again she laughed.
Langham moved impatiently; her low full-throated mirth jarred on his somber mood.
"Were you in court to-day, Marsh?" she inquired, after a short silence.
"Yes," he answered briefly.
"Were there many there?"
"Yes."
"Any ladies, Marsh?" she questioned, with sudden eagerness.
"If you can call them that," he growled.