"Then you had better call Mullins and ask him.

He saw Dick leave." "And no doubt," said Miss Armytage mercilessly, "Sir Terence will believe his butler where he can believe neither his wife nor his friend." He looked at her in a sort of amazement.

"Do you believe them, Sylvia ?" he cried.
"I hope I am not a fool," said she impatiently.
"Meaning--" he began, but broke off.

"How long do you say it is since Dick left the house ?" "Ten minutes at most," replied her ladyship.
He turned and pulled the door open again.

"Mullins ?" he called.
"Mullins!" "What a man to live with!" sighed her ladyship, appealing to Miss Armytage.