She was silent for a few moments, which caused Ellis to ask:
"I say, Windebank, what have you said to our friend?"
Mavis looked up quickly, to see a look of annoyance on Mrs
Hamilton's face.
"Williams, I should have said," corrected Ellis. "I muddled the two
names. What have you said to our friend that she should be so quiet
all at once?"
"Give it up," replied Williams. "Perhaps she's offended at our
childishness."
The men talked. Mrs Hamilton, with something of an effort, joined in
the conversation. Mavis was silent; she wondered how Mr Ellis came
to address Mr Williams as "Windebank," which was also the name of
the friend of the far-away days when her father was alive. She
reflected how Archie Windebank would be now twenty-eight, an age
that might well apply to Mr Williams. Associated with these thoughts
was an uneasy feeling, which had been once or twice in her mind,
that the two men at table were far too distinguished-looking to bear
such commonplace names as Ellis and Williams. The others rallied her
on her depression. Striving to believe that she must be mistaken in
her suspicions, she made an effort to end the perplexities that were
beginning to confront her.
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