She still called him poor boy, oblivious of the fact that he was now sixty-eight, and, according to the illustrated papers, spent his entire time in giving away a numberless succession of daughters in brilliant marriage at St George's, Hanover Square.
In this way Miss Mooney lived a good deal in the past, but she was not unaware of the present, and was always particularly nice to people generally regarded as bores.

So she was never without plenty of invitations.

Mitchell had had formerly a slight _tendre_ for her, and in his good nature pretended to think she had not altered a bit.

She was still refined _comme cela ne se fait plus_; it was practically no longer possible to find such a perfect lady, even on the stage.

As she also had all the easy good nature of the artist, and made herself extremely agreeable, Bruce was delighted with her, and evidently thought he had drawn a prize.
'I wondered,' Aylmer Ross said, 'whether this could possibly happen.
First I half hoped it might; then I gave it up in despair.' 'So did I,' said Edith; 'and yet I generally know.