"Does it take you two hours?
No, don't scowl! I'm only joking, so you needn't be cross.
Good-bye, then! Thank you for being kind to me." Her hand lay in his for a moment.

She was smiling at him rather sadly, notwithstanding her half-bantering words.
Phil paused a second.
"I'm confoundedly sorry!" he said impulsively.

"Don't cry any more." She shook her head and withdrew her hand.
"Who says I've been crying ?" she said lightly.

"Go away, and don't be silly!" He took her at her word and departed.
At the gate of the compound he met Mrs.Raleigh, but he refused to turn back with her.
"I really must go; I've got an engagement," he said.

"But Mrs.Tudor is waiting for you.