I would not be drawn--I threw the war into the enemy's country.
"You are staying at the Reservoirs?"
I saw that she was--and that now the thought of my being there
disconcerted her--.
"But no!" she lied sweetly--"I am merely out here for the day to see
Louise, who has a son in the hospital--."
It was my turn to say-"Tiens?"
And then we both laughed--and I let them go on--.
But when I got into my salon--I heard no typing--only there was a note
from Miss Sharp to say that some slight thing had gone wrong with the
machine, so she had taken the work to finish it at home--.
I cursed Coralie and all the fluffies in the world, and then in pain
laid down upon my bed.