CHAPTER XV.
"Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!" Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
"You mean by coming to a place like this ?" Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.

"We are not, in that case, the only sinners." "I didn't mean the mere fact of being here," Philippa explained, "but being here with you." "I forgot," he said gloomily, "that I was such a black sheep." "Don't be silly," she admonished.

"You're nothing of the sort.

But, of course, we are skating on rather thin ice.

If I had Henry to consider in any way, if he had any sort of a career, perhaps I should be more careful.