At the last moment Alice boldly asked him to take lunch with them next day.
"Thank you," said Keith, "I lunch in Sparta to-morrow.

I am going South to-night." But his allusion was lost on the ladies.
When Keith came out, a handsome trap was standing at the door, with a fine pair of horses and a liveried groom.
And a little later, as Keith was walking up the avenue looking at the crowds that thronged it in all the bravery of fine apparel, he saw the same pair of high-steppers threading their way proudly among the other teams.

He suddenly became aware that some one was bowing to him, and there was Alice Yorke sitting up beside Mr.Lancaster, bowing to him from under a big hat with great white plumes.

For one moment he had a warm feeling about his heart, and then, as the turnout was swallowed up in the crowd, Keith felt a sudden sense of loneliness, and he positively hated Mrs.Yorke.A little later he passed Ferdy Wickersham, in a long coat and a high hat, walking up the avenue with the girl he had seen at Mrs.Wentworth's.

He took off his hat as they passed, but apparently they did not see him.