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"Thank you, Miss. A bit of luck, this, Maas' Charley's coming for the pump. I've known that bus be twenty minutes late."

And would you have thought of asking him to give me a lift if I hadn't appeared at the moment and done it myself? But she smiled graciously and waved her hand as they drove away.

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"I know your name," she said, flashing her eyes at him.

"You heard him call me Charley. What's the rest?"

"Vine. He said the doings at the back were for Mr. Vine and that he might call for them. Thank heaven you did."

"May I ask why you were waiting for the bus? They've got at least two cars at Doleham and a full-time chauffeur."

She laughed. She could laugh at it now.

"Miss Bullen got mixed in her dates and thought Friday was tomorrow. The engine of the big car had been taken down and there wasn't room for me in the small one with all Mrs. Winrow's luggage. Moral, never start a job on a Friday."

"So you're starting a job, are you?"

She looked saucy.

"Did you think that I'd come for the week-end with that trunk? Yes, I'm starting a job. I'm Miss Bullen's secretary."