53/65 In fact, I rather thought so myself once. Not that you wont find loose women there as well as anywhere else, if you want to. But dont take it for granted, that's all." "Well," said Conolly, "you may introduce me, and we can consider the supper afterwards. Would it be indiscreet to ask how you obtained your own introduction? She saved my life." "Saved your life! That sounds romantic." "There was precious little romance about it, though I owe my being alive now to her presence of mind. |