She was on terms of intimacy with the family, and accepted very willingly an invitation to join them at their meal.

But the doctor could not get to Caledonian Road before the evening.

Having made an appointment with him for seven o'clock, she next drove to the east side of Regent's Park, where, in a street of small houses, she knocked at a door and made inquiries for 'Mrs.Emerson.' This lady was at home, the servant said.

Mrs.Ormonde went up the first floor and entered a sitting-room.
Its one occupant was a young woman, probably of six-and-twenty, who sat in out-of-doors attire.

Her look suggested that she had come home too weary even to take her bonnet off before resting.