She smiled suavely on an impromptu pun, because her experience of the humorous appreciation of it by her guests bade her welcome the upstart.

Nothing else impromptu was acceptable.

Mrs.Warwick therefore was not missed by Lady Wathin.

'I have met her,' she said.

'I confess I am not one of the fanatics about Mrs.Warwick.She has a sort of skill in getting men to clamour.