"I lunch with her to-morrow." The news agitated Mrs.Woolstan.
"Will she be alone ?" "I suppose so--except for her secretary, who of course is always with her." Iris desired to know all about the secretary, and Lashmar described a neutral-tinted, pen-wielding young woman, much interested in social reform.
"Perhaps I shall come to know Lady Ogram," said Iris, modestly.

"I may meet her at Mrs.Toplady's.

That would be delightful! I should be able to follow everything much better." "To be sure," was the rather dry response.

"But I shall be surprised if the old lady stays long, or sees many people.

Her health is of the shakiest, and London life would be a dangerous experiment, I should say.