Besides, I hadn't much time, and it wasn't worth while to bother about my dress." "You don't seem to bother about much," George remarked.

"In fact, you've come back with a lordly calm that's as exasperating as it's unjustifiable." Agatha gave him a thoughtful look.

"Is Florence well ?" "Quite well.

She's disturbed about you." "Then it's probably business! I suppose trade is bad ?" George lost his self-control.

He was glad to see her back, but remembered what he had suffered for her sake.
"My business doesn't occupy all my thoughts and you have made a blamed poor joke! Here am I and your friends, trying to grapple with an awkward situation and puzzling how we're to help you out, and you _laugh_.