I wish some of our grand dames would extend the glad hand.

But I'm afraid they won't.

Terrible exclusive, this bunch." Ruyler scowled and walked back to the ballroom.

The exclusiveness of this young society on the wrong side of the continent sometimes made him homesick and sometimes made him sick.

He saw little chance for this poor girl to enjoy the rights of her radiant youth if her mother had not taken the precaution to bring letters.