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 CHAPTER XVIII

IN WHICH THE CONSEQUENCES ARE DAMNED WITH NO UNCERTAINTY

Muffins and Chayney Tea in Grandmamma's withdrawing-room were not out of place, because the afternoon had been really so strenuous; moreover, Grandmamma herself did not appear to view the guilty pair with the eye of disfavor. But that as breeding, doubtless. Not that Mr. Philip entered into any exhaustive inquiry. When you are in the seventh heaven, even the eye of Edward Bean's goddaughter may be bereft of some of its terrors.

"We had such a lovely lunch at Pagani's, Granny dear."

"Had you, my dear? How interesting!"

Did Granny mean it was interesting, or did she mean it wasn't? You see, you never quite know—do you?—when the elocution of old ladies who have kept pretty good company for about eighty-four summers is so very clear-cut.

"And what do you think, Granny? I have been with Phil-ipp to take a perfectly lovely little flat on a