Colin looked at them both with mischievous amusement.
"Hadn't you better introduce us?" suggested Mark. "It would be more useful than standing there grinning like a Cheshire cat."
"I didn't think it was necessary," said Colin. "Surely you've guessed that you're talking to the angel?"
Mark stared at him in bewilderment.
"Talking to whom?" he inquired.
"The angel," repeated Colin. "You asked me to find you an angel, and here she is!"
A sudden light seemed to break in upon their host's intelligence.
"By Jove!" he exclaimed. "You don't say so! Come along into the study."
He ushered them both into a snug, comfortably furnished room, lined all round with books, where a table was set out for tea and a bright fire was burning in the grate.
"Now, Colin," he demanded, "were you pulling my leg, or is this really a fact?"