The spectacled peer took in Lady Maud, and the men straggled in.

At table Lady Maud sat opposite the Pasha, with the peer on her right and the barrister on her left.

Margaret was on the right of the Ambassador, on whose other side Griggs was placed, and Logotheti was Margaret's other neighbour.

Feist and the young playwright were together, between Griggs and the nobleman.
Margaret glanced round the table at the people and wondered about them.

She had heard of the barrister and the novelist, and the peer's name had a familiar sound that suggested something unusual, though she could not quite remember what it was.