But I couldn't help wondering.

And I thought it was so decent of you to come round and look me up on that first morning." Audrey's smile faded.
"I am glad you thought it was decent, anyhow," she said, with a touch of bitterness.

"No one else did." "Oh, rot, Mrs.Tudor!" Phil spoke hastily.

He was frowning, as his custom was when embarrassed.
She looked up at him and nodded emphatically.
"Yes, it was--just that," she said, an odd little note of passion in her voice.

"I never thought of these things before, but it seems that here no one thinks of anything else." "Don't take any notice of it," said Phil.