"Look in and see me sometime, Lessingham--Number 72, Milan Court.

You know what a nightbird I am.

Perhaps you will call and have a final drink with me when you have finished here." "I shall be very glad," Lessingham promised.
Mr.Hayter passed on, a man, apparently, of many acquaintances, to judge by his interrupted progress.

Lady Cranston looked at her companion.

She was puzzled.
"Is that a recent acquaintance," she asked, "as he addressed you by the name of Lessingham ?" "Yes," was the quiet reply.
"You don't wish to talk about him ?" "No!" Helen and her partner returned, a few moments later, and the little party presently broke up.