'Age?
'Twenty‑two.
'Real age?
'Twenty‑two.
'Experience?
'I was at Mrs Rosenbaum's, in Jermyn Street, for two years, mum.
'Well, Bessy, I'll see what I can do for you. Why did you leave Mrs Rosenbaum's?
'She said the gentlemen liked a change.
'I'll just ask her. Margot took up the telephone, which was held by a boxing‑glove. 'Is that Mrs Rosenbaum? This is Latin‑American Entertainments, Ltd speaking. Can you tell me about Miss de la Conradine?… Oh, that was the reason she left you? Thank you so much! I rather thought that might be it. She rang off. 'Sorry, Bessy; nothing for you just at present.
She pressed the bell, which was in the eye of a salmon trout, and another young lady was shown in.