There was a pause and then Jimmy said:

“I say, I don’t think we’d better tell Loraine that⁠—eh?”

“Perhaps not.”

“You see, she mayn’t like being out of it. And she really must be kept out of it.”

“Yes.”

“I mean you can’t let a girl like that run into danger!”

Bundle reflected that Mr. Thesiger was slightly deficient in tact. The prospect of her running into danger did not seem to give him any qualms whatever.

“Have you gone away?” asked Jimmy.