She wondered if Evelyn were at home.

Of late she had been more intimate than ever with Althea Parker.

As Grace walked into the house and slowly up the stairs the pale face of Ida Ward rose before her.

She was glad that she had been able to avert the disastrous consequences of Evelyn's disobedience so that Evelyn alone should suffer.
Entering her room she took off her wraps and began rearranging her hair preparatory to going downstairs to dinner.

The sound of footsteps in the hall, the opening of Evelyn's door, then Evelyn's voice declaring excitedly, "You can do it if you want to," caused Grace to lay down her brush and involuntarily listen for a reply.
It came, and in Mary Reynolds' distressed tones.