But I suppose saying anything only makes things worse in such a case, doesn't it ?" "I don't see why I shouldn't speak to _her_.

She and I know each other pretty well.

She was a desperate little flirt when I first knew her in Egypt." And then, as he saw a look cross her face to which he had no clue, he added hastily:--"She's quite all right, Betty.

She's quite a straight little woman." "I'm sure she is," said Betty cordially.
She was wondering, wondering, wondering what Godfrey really thought of Enid Crofton?
Whether or no there had been a touch of jealousy in what he had said about Jack just now?
He had said the words about Jack's making a fool of himself very lightly.

Still there had been a peculiar expression on his face.
During the last fortnight, while doing the hundred and one things which fell to her share, Betty had given the subject of Enid Crofton and Godfrey Radmore a good deal of thought, while telling herself all the time that, after all, it was none of her business--now.
All at once she became aware that Radmore was looking hard at her.