"Do you call Granny a Greek ?" Her companion slowly rose.

"Yes--to finish her off handsomely and have done with her." He looked again at his watch.

"Shall we go?
I want to see if my man and my things have turned up." She kept her seat; there was something to revert to.

"My fear of you isn't superficial.

I mean it isn't immediate--not of you just as you stand," she explained.