I suppose Australian ladies don’t think anything of travelling.”
“She is a very sporting girl,” said Tommy, “always having adventures. It wasn’t here, was it, that she went out to dine with some friends, went for a drive in their car afterwards, ran the car into a ditch and wasn’t able to get home till morning?”
“Oh, no,” said the young lady. “Miss Drake had dinner here in the Hotel.”
“Really,” said Tommy, “are you sure of that? I mean—how do you know?”
“Oh, I saw her.”
“I asked because I understood she was dining with some friends in Torquay,” explained Tommy.
“Oh, no sir, she dined here.” The young lady laughed and blushed a little. “I remember she had on