But you haven't the key--have you ?" There was a heavy, jarring step in the main living-room, and Mortimer's bulk darkened the doorway.
"Entrez, mon ami," nodded Leila, glancing up.

"Where is Agatha ?" "I'm going to Desmond's," he grunted, ignoring his wife's question; "do you want to try it again, Beverly ?" "I can't make Leila take her own winnings," said Plank, holding out the signed but unfilled cheque to Mortimer, who took it and scrutinised it for a moment, rubbing his heavy, inflamed eyes; then, gesticulating, the cheque fluttering in his puffy fingers: "Come on," he insisted.

"I've a notion that I can give Desmond a whirl that he won't forget in a hurry.

Agatha's asleep; she's going to that ball--where is it ?" he demanded, turning on his wife.

"Yes, yes; the Page blow-out.