"Do you mean to say that you were a friend of Morris's ?" "Certainly," the Baroness answered.

"Why not ?" "Oh! I don't know," the young man declared.

"I'm getting past being surprised at anything.

I suppose it's the oof that makes the difference.
A friend of Morris's, you said.

Why, perhaps--" He hesitated, and glanced towards Wrayson.
"There is no harm in asking the Baroness, at any rate," Wrayson said.
"The fact of the matter is," he continued, turning towards her, "that Mr.
Sydney Barnes here finds himself in a somewhat extraordinary position.