If the Duchess had been as impatient with Mrs.Brookenham as she would possibly have seemed without them her frequent visits in the face of irritation would have had to be accounted for.

"What do YOU call her ?" she demanded.
"Why Nanda's best friend--if not her only one.

That's the place I SHOULD have liked for Aggie," Mrs.Brookenham ever so graciously smiled.
The Duchess hereupon, going beyond her, gave way to free mirth.

"My dear thing, you're delightful.

Aggie OR Tishy is a sweet thought.