"I couldn't have believed it of Rosy.

She was always such an affectionate girl." "I don't believe it now," replied Betty sharply.

"Rosy couldn't grow hateful and stuck up.

It's that nasty Nigel I know it is." Sir Nigel's intention was that there should be as little intercourse between Fifth Avenue and Stornham Court as was possible.

Among other things, he did not intend that a lot of American relations should come tumbling in when they chose to cross the Atlantic.