THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER After all, the garden party was not so bad.

The weather was perfect, and the grounds of Shirley House were large enough to find amusement for all the guests.

Wrayson, who had made great friends with the Colonel's younger daughter, enjoyed himself immensely.

After a particularly strenuous set of tennis, she led him through the wide-open French windows into a small morning-room.
"We can rest for a few minutes in here," she remarked.

"You can consider it a special mark of favour, for this is my own den." "You are spoiling me," Wrayson declared, laughing.