Something Colonial and forceful, I think.

Never mind, help me on with my cloak and come along.

You are a most respectable-looking escort, and a very useful one." Although Tavernake was nominally the host, it was Elizabeth who selected the table and ordered the supper.

There were very few other guests in the room, the majority being down in the larger restaurant, but among these few Tavernake noticed two of the girls from the chorus at the Atlas.

Elizabeth had chosen a table from which she had a view of the door, and she took the seat facing it.