"I have brought you a box of cigarettes to go on with, Miss Moore," he
said, and produced his offering with a smile.
"How very kind of you!" said Juliet. She sat up with a quick flush of
embarrassment. "How did you manage to get them so soon? You must have had
them by you."
"I had," said Green. "But I can spare you these with pleasure. It's awful
to be without a smoke, isn't it?"
Juliet smiled. "These will last me for ages. I am being very economical
now. Please will you tell me how much they are?"
"Half-a-crown," he said.
"Oh, please!" she protested. "Let us be honest!"
"Exactly," he said. "It's all they cost me. I get them through a friend."
"But perhaps your friend wouldn't care for me to have them at that
price," objected Juliet.
"Yes, he would. It's all right," Green dismissed the matter with an
airiness that was curiously final. "Don't bother about paying me now,
please! I'd rather have it later. Robin, get up!"
He addressed his young brother so suddenly and so peremptorily that
Juliet was momentarily startled. Then very swiftly she intervened.
"Mr. Green, please, don't--be angry with Robin!"
His look flashed straight down to her.
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