"There is nothing to be ashamed of.

It is hideously dull down here, and the life my father has asked me to lead for the last few months has been intolerable.

I never sleep, and I invited Captain Granet to come over here at twelve o'clock last night and take me for a motor ride.

I was dressed, meaning to go, and Captain Granet came to fetch me.

It turned out to be impossible because of all the new sentries about the place, but that is why Captain Granet was here, and that," she concluded, turning to Major Thomson, "is why, I suppose, he felt obliged to tell you what was not the truth.