Mrs.Pettifer understood that glance.

He was wondering whether she had noticed what in that magazine had interested him.

But she did not pursue him with questions.

She merely made up her mind to examine the copy of _Notes and Queries_ at a time when she could bring more leisure to the task.
She waited impatiently for the party to break up but eleven o'clock had struck before any one proposed to go.

Then all took their leave at once.
Robert Pettifer and his wife went out into the hall with the rest, lest others seeing them remain should stay behind too; and whilst they stood a little apart from the general bustle of departure Margaret Pettifer saw Stella Ballantyne come lightly down the stairs, and a savage fury suddenly whirled in her head and turned her dizzy.