I went to the club to get my letters." "Didn't you find any one there to talk to ?" he asked.
"No one," she answered somewhat hastily; then, moved by some impulse she could not have explained, "That is, no one that counts.

I saw Mrs.
Lockyard." "Doesn't she count ?" asked Caryl, still with his eyes on the river.
"I hate the woman!" Doris declared passionately.
He turned slowly round.
"What has she been saying to you ?" "Nothing." Again he made no comment on the obvious lie.
"Look here," he said.

"Can't we go out somewhere to-night?
There is a new play at the Regency.

They say it's good.

Shall we go ?" The suggestion was quite unexpected; she looked at him in surprise.
"I have promised Vera to dine there," she said.
"Ring her up and say you can't," said Caryl.
She hesitated.
"I must make some excuse if I do.