Before I came away I gave orders for your rooms to be done up.

I should like every thing to be nice for you." "I know you would, dear," she answered, glancing at the clock.

(The carriage was ordered for a quarter-past ten.) "But I suppose," she went on, "that, socially speaking, we shall be rather isolated.

Our neighbors are few and far between." "The nearest," said Paul quietly, "are the Lanovitches." "_Who_ ?" "The Lanovitches.

Do you know them ?" "Of course not," answered Etta sharply.