She bridled up. “And if I have, I suppose I can choose my friends.”
“And forget the old one for the new.”
“What nonsense. You are behaving like a spoilt child. I have watched you all the time.”
“What do you know of this fellow, anyway? He is only a sort of policeman. I suppose he didn’t tell you that?”
“If it is any satisfaction to you, he did, and perhaps we had better stop discussing Mr. Collins any more.”
He got up and wandered round the room.
“I suppose I had better go,” he said.
Her lip curled with contempt. “You can please yourself, but I should hardly have thought that my oldest male friend would have deserted me at such a time.”
“Forgive me. I will say no more. Of course I will stay with you.”
“All right. It is time we started for Leveson Square.”