He took a seat beside her, obediently.

He felt that he was being sketched, and comported himself like a child's flat man, that jumps at the pulling of a string.
'Where have you left your girl, General ?' Before he could rally his wits to answer the question, he was asked: 'And what have you done with your necktie and collar ?' He touched his throat.
'I am rather nervous to-day, I forgot Elizabeth,' he said, sending his fingers in a dotting run of wonderment round his neck.
Lady Camper smiled with a triumphing humour on her close-drawn lips.
The verified absence of necktie and collar seemed to be choking him.
'Never mind, you have been abroad without them,' said Lady Camper, 'and that is a victory for me.

And you thought of Elizabeth first when I drew your attention to it, and that is a victory for you.

It is a very great victory.

Pray, do not be dismayed, General.