"I have been quite as conspicuous as usual during the whole evening," he said, "but you were too absorbed to notice me.

Are you enjoying the music, Miss Wyndham, or only watching the crowd ?" Chris did not know quite what to answer, since she had been doing neither, but he passed on with the easy air of a man accustomed to fill in conversational gaps.
"I believe I saw you arrive this evening.

Haven't you got a small dog with a turned-up nose?
I thought so.

Are you taking him for a holiday?
How do you propose to get him home again ?" That opened her lips, and quite successfully diverted her thoughts.

"He has had his holiday," she explained, "and we are taking him back.