They were foreigners, be it understood.
There were three languages in which they could understand each other with equal ease.
"Where _is_ Maggie ?" exclaimed Mrs.Bamborough.

"She is always late." "When I am here," reflected De Chauxville.

But he did not say it.
Miss Delafield kept them waiting a few minutes, and during that time Etta Sydney Bamborough gave a very fine display of prowess with the double-stringed bow.

When a man attempts to handle this delicate weapon, he usually makes, if one may put it thus crudely, an ass of himself.

He generally succeeds in snapping one and probably both of the strings, injuring himself most certainly in the process.
Not so, however, this clever lady.