"That's not nice of you," she said.
Then Courtney came up.
"Run along, Major," he ordered; "you've kept the Lady Helen over time."
She took his arm. "Please take me out on the terrace," she said. Then
she smiled at me aggravatingly.
"Maybe our chairs are still vacant; better take Courtney to them," I
said maliciously.
It was not quite fair, possibly; and she told me so with her eyes,
though her lips smiled. I knew I had given her another score to settle.