"About twenty miles, by this road."
"You didn't seem surprised to see me in your father's study."
The car dodged round a tram and began a louder purr as it felt the open road ahead.
"Well, Hickson told me you had come."
"Oh! he did, did he? Did Hickson tell you anything else?"
"Yes; and I don't think it's quite nice for an officer to bribe a butler to write and tell him things about his master's daughter."
"Well, I'm damned. Hickson is a scoundrel. I told him he wasn't to."
"Well, he did tell. I made him. And I think it was very wrong of you."
"But I'd always looked after you before, and it's only natural I should like to hear you weren't getting into trouble after my eagle eye had left you."
"Never mind about eagle eyes. It was very rude, and it mustn't go on."