At that moment a porter came up. "Did you give up your ticket, sir?" he asked Herbert. "I hadn't time to get one," said Herbert, quite at his ease. "I'll pay now," and he began to feel in his pockets.... The train moved out of the station. A look of horror came over Herbert's face. I knew what it meant. He hadn't any money on him. "Hi!" he shouted to me, and then we swung round a bend out of sight.... Well, well, he'll have to get home somehow. His watch is only nickel and his cigarette case leather, but luckily that sort of thing doesn't weigh much with station-masters. What they want is a well- known name as a reference. Herbert is better off than I was: he can give them MY name. It will be idle for them to pretend that they have never heard of me. THE DOCTOR "May I look at my watch?" I asked my partner, breaking a silence which had lasted from the beginning of the waltz. "Oh, HAVE you got a watch?" she drawled. "How exciting!" "I wasn't going to show it to you," I said, "But I always think it looks so bad for a man to remove his arm from a lady's waist in order to look at his watch--I mean without some sort of apology or explanation. As though he were wondering if he could possibly stick another five minutes of it." "Let me know when the apology is beginning," said Miss White. Perhaps, after all, her name wasn't White, but, anyhow, she was dressed in white, and it's her own fault if wrong impressions arise. "It begins at once. I've got to catch a train home. There's one at 12.45, I believe. If I started now I could just miss it." "You don't live in these Northern Heights then?" "No. Do you?" "Yes." I looked at my watch again. "I should love to discuss with you the relative advantages of London and Greater London," I said; "the flats and cats of one and the big gardens of the other. But just at the moment the only thing I can think of is whether I shall like the walk home. Are there any dangerous passes to cross?" "It's a nice wet night for a walk," said Miss White reflectively. "If only I had brought my bicycle." "A watch AND a bicycle! You ARE lucky!" "Look here, it may be a joke to you, but I don't fancy myself coming down the mountains at night." "The last train goes at one o'clock, if that's any good to you." "All the good in the world," I said joyfully. "Then I needn't walk." I looked at my watch. "That gives us five minutes more. I could almost tell you all about myself in the time." "It generally takes longer than that," said Miss White. "At least it seems to." She sighed and added, "My partners have been very autobiographical to-night." I looked at her severely. "I'm afraid you're a Suffragette," I said. As soon as the next dance began I hurried off to find my hostess. I had just caught sight of her, when-- "Our dance, isn't it?" said a voice. I turned and recognized a girl in blue. "Ah," I said, coldly cheerful, "I was just looking for you. Come along."