'I _don't_ know. Miss Wrenner is quite new to me. So are the Mitchells. What is she like?' '_Like_!' exclaimed Bruce. 'You ask me what she's _like_! Why, she isn't _like_ anything. She's just Miss Wrenner--the well-known Miss Wrenner, who's so celebrated as an amateur actress. Why, she was going to play last Christmas at Raynham, only after all the performance never came off.' 'Is Miss Wrenner pretty?' 'Pretty? How do you mean?' 'What colour is her hair?' 'Well, I--I--I didn't notice, particularly.' 'Is she dark or fair? You must know, Bruce!' 'Well, I should say she was a little darker than you--not a great deal. But I'm not quite certain. Just fancy her not thinking I was married!' 'Did you tell her?' 'Tell her! Of course I didn't tell her. Do you suppose a girl like Miss Wrenner's got nothing to do but to listen to my autobiography? Do you imagine she collects marriage certificates? Do you think she makes a hobby of the census?' 'Oh! then you didn't tell her?' 'Yes, I did. Why should I palm myself off as a gay bachelor when I'm nothing of the sort?' 'When did you tell her, Bruce?' 'Why, I haven't told her yet--at least, not personally. What happened really was this: Mitchell said to me, "Miss Wrenner will be surprised to hear you're a married man," or something like that.' 'Where did all this happen?' 'At the office. Where else do I ever see Mitchell?' 'Then does Miss Wrenner come to the office?' Bruce stared at her in silent pity. '_Miss Wrenner! At the office!_ Why you must be wool-gathering! Women are not allowed at the F O. Surely you know that, dear?' 'Well, then, where did you meet Miss Wrenner?' 'Miss Wrenner? Why do you ask?' 'Simply because I want to know.' 'Oh! Good heavens! What does it matter where I met Miss Wrenner?' 'You're right, Bruce; it doesn't really matter a bit. I suppose you've forgotten.' 'No; I haven't forgotten. I suppose I shall meet Miss Wrenner at the first rehearsal next week--at the Mitchells.' 'Was it there you met her before?' 'How could it be? I have never been to the Mitchells.' 'As a matter of fact, you've never seen Miss Wrenner?' 'Did I say I had? I didn't mean to. What I intended to convey was, not that I had seen Miss Wrenner, but that _Mitchell_ said Miss Wrenner would be surprised to hear I was married.' 'Funny he should say that--very curious it should occur to him to picture Miss Wrenner's astonishment at the marriage of a man she didn't know, and had never seen.'