She is ultra-fashionable, and smokes whenever she chooses, and swears when ordinary language fails her--all of which things, of course, are anathema to the select circles of Monkshaven.

But then she's a millionaire's widow, so instead of giving her the cold shoulder, every one gushes round her and declares 'Mrs.Maynard is such a thoroughly _modern_ type, you know!'"-- Molly mimicked the sugar-and-vinegar accents of the critics to perfection--"and privately Audrey shouts with laughter at them, while publicly she continues to shock them for the sheer joy of the thing." "And who are the Herricks ?" asked Sara, smiling.

"Married people ?" "No." Molly shook her head.

"Miles is a bachelor who lives with a maiden aunt--Miss Lavinia.

Or, rather, she lives with him and housekeeps for him.