She knew all the recent gossip of fashionable society, and retailed it glibly.

She had met this celebrity at a ball and that one at a reception, and she described them minutely, realizing that Aunt Jane would never be in a position to contradict any assertion she might choose to make.
Indeed, Aunt Jane was really startled.
"However did your mother manage to gain an entree into society ?" she asked.

"Your father was a poor man and of little account.

I know, for he was my own brother." "He left us a very respectable life insurance," said Louise, demurely, "and my mother had many friends who were glad to introduce us to good society when we were able to afford such a luxury.

Father died twelve years ago, you know, and for several years, while I was at school, mother lived very quietly.