Do you know him ?" "I've seen him somewhere," evaded Constance; "but I just can't quite place him." She had not noticed Adele particularly until now.

Under the light she had a peculiar worn look, the same as she had had before.
The waiter came up to them.

"Your turn is next," he hinted to Adele.
"Excuse me a minute," she apologized to the rest of the party.

"I must fix up a bit.

No," she added to Constance, "don't come with me." She returned from the dressing room a different person, and plunged into the wild dance for which the limited orchestra was already tuning up.