I wish grandmother would come home.

I should not require Broadway as a stimulus.

I am afraid she will be very angry with me, and there will be a battle royal in Gramercy Park." It was nearly a week before Ethel had this crisis to meet.

She went down to it with a radiant face and charming manner, and her reception was very cordial.

Madam would not throw down the glove until the proper moment; besides, there were many very interesting subjects to talk over, and she wanted "to find things out" that would never be told unless tempers were propitious.