11/23 Priscilla, of course, kept her word. She was one of those women who would take a grim pleasure in coming down to make the tea at any possible hour,--at five, at four, if it were needed,--and who would never want to go to bed again when the ceremony was performed. But when Nora made her appearance,--Nora, who had been called dainty,--both Priscilla and Hugh were surprised. They could not say why she was there,--nor could Nora tell herself. |