Peter Lord said: “I’ll write you out a tonic.” Elinor said incisively: “How useful!” He grinned disarmingly. “Quite useless, I agree. But it’s the only thing one can do when people won’t tell one what is the matter with them!” Elinor said: “There’s nothing the matter with me.” Peter Lord said calmly: “There’s quite a lot the matter with you.”

