Even Amelia Roper had called him Johnny on more than one occasion before this.

"You were as sweet to her the other night as though there were no such person as L.D.in existence." John Eames turned away and shook his head.

Nevertheless, the words of his friend were grateful to him.

The character of a Don Juan was not unpleasant to his imagination, and he liked to think that he might amuse Amelia Roper with a passing word, though his heart was true to Lilian Dale.

In truth, however, many more of the passing words had been spoken by the fair Amelia than by him.
Mrs Roper had been quite as good as her word when she told Mrs Eames that her household was composed of herself, of a son who was in an attorney's office, of an ancient maiden cousin, named Miss Spruce, who lodged with her, and of Mr Cradell.