"That's so long ago. I forget. Exactly what did my wise Tony say? I only remember that he said he loved me."
"I shall always say that," he said softly. "Daphne, I must not go on deluding myself any longer. I ought not to have seen you. It was only because your father was courteous and I was weak that I came."
"You have seen father?" she cried.
"Last night," he told her. "I was with him for an hour. He was very kind."
"Did he tell you about Arthur?"
"He said he was going to be married."
She looked at her Tony with a smile he could not understand. There was certainty in it content, assurance. It was as though there were no barriers that kept him from her.
"My wise Tony," she said, "there is much for you to learn. Let us leave Grosvenor Place and go to Australia in the first place."
"Australia?" he cried uneasily. For the second time within a few hours the island continent had arisen to confound him.
"Yes, Australia," she said. "You remember that my father bought a place there for Arthur?"