I came back Mme. Storey was saying: \"Have you heard that Darius Whittall is going to marry Fay Brunton?\"
\"That was a foregone conclusion, wasn't it?\" said Mr. Govett with a shrug.
\"Not to me!\"
\"Ah, yes, of course, the adorable Brunton is a friend of yours.\" I could see by his eyes that he was thinking: Is this what I was brought here for?
\"Is Whittall a friend of yours?\" asked Mme. Storey.
\"No!\" he said shortly.
I came back Mme. Storey was saying: \"Have you heard that Darius Whittall is going to marry Fay Brunton?\"
\"That was a foregone conclusion, wasn't it?\" said Mr. Govett with a shrug.
\"Not to me!\"
\"Ah, yes, of course, the adorable Brunton is a friend of yours.\" I could see by his eyes that he was thinking: Is this what I was brought here for?
\"Is Whittall a friend of yours?\" asked Mme. Storey.
\"No!\" he said shortly.
