‘She is very lovely, and very young.’
She said:
‘There’s a dance to-night, at Bengy’s . . . you know . . . jazz
of course . . . simply divine! simply divine! Old 31 is coming . . .
his leg’s nearly all right. . . . It’s rotten,’ she said, ‘that
you can’t come!’
And Guy said:
‘Awfully rotten!’