"It is" he answered. "I must have been distracted indeed not to have put it in that way, however, it will do now, will it not?"
"Quite as well" said I, "for early or late the question can elicit no definite answer, as we talked of no one."
"What?"
"Surprising, isn't it?" I asked satirically, "nevertheless it is the startling truth."
"Maybe so," said he softly. "I thought on the day after an event such as last night's young girls had a great deal to say in confidence about people and things. I see I have been mistaken, although—"
"Although what?"
"Well—although last night lay itself particularly open to an interesting criticism, I think."
"Musical evenings generally do I think."
"I mean everything else but the music."
"What else was there?"