"I have brought you these," she said, with a charming effect of simplicity, "to make me welcome.

There was no reason, none whatever, why I should be welcome, so I made one.

You will not be angry--perhaps ?" Janet banished her conventional "Very glad to see you" instantly.

She took the roses with a quick thrill of pleasure.

Afterward she told herself that she was not touched, not in the least, she did not quite know why; but she freely acknowledged that she was more than amused.
"How charming of you!" she said.