She was perfectly composed--formal but unembarrassed.

She has shifted her milieu somewhat--it began with the influx of Ruthven's friends from the 'yellow' section of the younger married set--the Orchils, Fanes, Minsters, and Delmour-Carnes.

Which is all right if she'd stay there.

But in town you're likely to encounter anybody where the somebodies of one set merge into the somebodies of another.

And we're always looking over our fences, you know.