“I am surprised!” he remarked.
“You are usually not very interested in what I have to tell you.”
“That is not true,” Pandia parried quickly, “but sometimes I have a lot I want to tell you.”
“You have not yet told me,” he replied, “what happened at the funeral, not that I suspect it was anything but exceedingly gloomy and I am sure The Castle was cold and even more draughty than usual!”
“Let’s talk about more cheerful things,” Pandia said. “Tell me more about Paris and the party you attended last night.”
It was a bold venture because he had not actually said he went to a party, and she thought he hesitated before he replied,
“I am not certain it is something I should tell you, but after dinner was over I and a few friends went off, as you might say, ‘on the town’.”
“Where did you go?
