Then, without more ado, he put on his hat and departed.
Olga was by that time spinning merrily along the road to Brethaven, having parted with Nick at the railway-station.

Violet was seated beside her, and the old servant Mitchel sat sourly behind them.

He had a rooted objection to the back-seat, and held the opinion that a woman at the wheel was out of place.
Olga, however, was not prepared to yield on this point at least.

She had brought him against her will, and she meant to forget him if possible.
But it was not long before Violet had extracted from her an account of the discussion that had resulted in Mitchel's unwilling presence.

She was not very anxious to supply the information, but Violet was insistent and soon possessed herself of the full details of the argument which she seemed to find highly amusing.
"Oh, my dear, he's in love with me of course!" she said "I discovered that the first night I was with you.