Golightly Ticke, taking her in turn to the buffet for lemonade and a sandwich, told her that he knew she would enjoy it--she must be enjoying it, she looked in such capital form.

It was the first time she had been near the buffet; so she had not had the opportunity of observing how important a feature the lemonade and sandwiches formed in the entertainment of the evening--how persistently the representatives of the arts, with varying numbers of buttons off their gloves, returned to this light refreshment.
Elfrida thanked Mrs.Tommy Morrow very sweetly for her chaperonage in the cloak-room when the hour of departure came.

"Well," said Mrs.Morrow, "you can say you have seen a characteristic London literary gathering." "Yes, thanks!" said Elfrida; and then, looking about her for a commonplace, "How much taller the women seem to be than the men," she remarked.
"Yes," returned Mrs.Tommy Morrow, "Du Maurier drew attention to that in _Punch_, some time ago.".