With a soiled thumb she turned a ring on her third finger.
"I ain't a-goin' to be mean to nobody," she said; "my gentlemen is always refined, even if they do sometimes forget theirselves when young and sporty.

Mr.Erroll is now a-bed, sir, and asleep like a cherub, ice havin' been served three times with towels, extra.

Would you be good enough to mention the bill to him in the morning ?--the grocer bein' sniffy." And she handed the wadded and inky memorandum of damages to Selwyn, who pocketed it with a nod of assurance.
"There was," she added, following him to the door, "a lady here to see you twice, leavin' no name or intentions otherwise than business affairs of a pressin' nature." "A--lady ?" he repeated, halting short on the stairs.
"Young an' refined, allowin' for a automobile veil." "She--she asked for me ?" he repeated, astonished.
"Yes, sir.

She wanted to see your rooms.

But havin' no orders, Captain Selwyn--although I must say she was that polite and ladylike and," added Mrs.Greeve irrelevantly, "a art rocker come for you, too, and another for Mr.Lansing, which I placed in your respective settin'-rooms." "Oh," said Selwyn, laughing in relief, "it's all right, Mrs.Greeve.