They had no end of fun over these interesting, ingenious, and prodigal people in their relation to Parisian professional circles.

He touched on Nadie Palicsky lightly, and perhaps it was because Janet insisted upon an accentuation of the lines--he had sent her a photograph of one of Nadie's best things--that he refrained from mentioning Elfrida altogether.

Elfrida, he thought, he would keep till another time.

She would need so much explanation; she was too interesting to lug in now, it was getting late.

Besides, Elfrida was an exhausting subject, and he was rather done..