I gave them the tip and I don't want to spoil their chances.

By-the-bye, do you know the man two places down on your left ?" he added dropping his voice a little.

"Looks almost like a waxwork figure, doesn't he ?" "You mean Major Thomson?
Yes, I know him," she assented, after a moment's hesitation.

"He is very quiet to-day, but he is really most interesting." Their hostess rose and beamed on them all from her end of the table.
"We have decided," she announced, "to take our coffee out in the lounge.".