Both had promised to foregather at Rossiter's house in Portland Place at lunch.
Hitherto Vivie had refrained from entering No.

1 Park Crescent.

She had not seen it or Mrs.Rossiter since David's attack of faintness and hysteria in February, 1909, nearly two years ago.

Why she went now she scarcely knew, logically.

It was unwise to renew relations too closely with Rossiter, who showed his solicitude for her far too plainly in his face.