Millie Splay was actually beginning to turn to her, when Dennis Brown came unconsciously to her rescue.
"We looked out for you at Gatwick," he said.
"I only just reached the race course in time for the last race," said Harry Luttrell.

"Luckily for me." "Why luckily ?" asked Harold Jupp in surprise.
"Because I backed the winner," replied Luttrell.
The indefatigable race-goers gathered about him a little closer; and Joan Whitworth rose noiselessly from her chair.
"Which horse won ?" asked Harold Jupp.
"Loman!" Harold Jupp stared at Dennis Brown.

Incredulity held them as in bonds.
"But he couldn't win!" they both cried in a breath.
"He did, you know, and at a long price." "What on earth made you back him ?" asked Dennis Brown.
"Well," Luttrell answered, "he was the only white horse in the race." Miranda uttered a cry of pleasure.

She recognised a brother.

"That's an awfully good reason," she cried.