"So I invited him, and he's coming this afternoon.

I shall send the motor to meet him in an hour from now.

So there's an end of the matter." Harold Jupp shook his head sagely.
"We must see that the plate is all locked up safely to-night." "There! I knew it would be like this," cried Millie Splay, wringing her hands.

She remembered, from a war correspondent's article, that to attack is the only successful defence.

She turned on Jupp.
"I won't be bullied by you, Harold! He's a most charming person, with really nice manners," she emphasised her praise of the absent guest, "and if only you will study him whilst he is here--all of you, you will be greatly improved at the end of your visit." Harold Jupp was quite unimpressed by Millie Splay's outburst.