True, that is your chemise. True, that out there is my hat-
there it is. But here is Berry's shirt, and miles out there is
Daphne's straw hat. If I'd stayed long enough, I've no doubt I
should have seen Jonah's trousers and Jill's chemisette, which
means or mean- whichever you like- that ...

Hurriedly I explained, and then fell again into uproarious
laughter. This time she joined me in my mirth. At length :

"But, after all," she said, "it doesn't make it any better for
me, because I'm all alone, while you're a party."

"I admit it has been said that Unity is Strength," said I, "but I
don't know that that exactly applies- "

"And I can't walk home like this, even with that on." She
indicated the chemise.

"Certainly not with that on: it'd only make it more indec- "

"More what?"

"Er- unusual. Indeed, it would."

She regarded me suspiciously. Then:

"What about you?"

"Me? How d'you mean?" I said uneasily.