But personages were difficult to come by at this date, since they were either deep in work or out of the country altogether.

They had to be brought down by a snap shot, and very often the bird brought down turned out to be a remarkably inferior specimen of his class.

Millie Splay had been tempted and had fallen; and she was not altogether easy about the quality of her bird, now on its descent to her feet.
"I didn't know any one else was coming," said Sir Chichester, who really didn't care how much Lady Splay gratified her passion, so long as he got full satisfaction for his.
"No, nor any one else," said Dennis Brown severely.

"He is a stranger." "To you," replied Millie Splay, showing fight.
Harold Jupp advanced and planted himself firmly before her.
"Do you know him yourself, Lady Splay ?" he asked.
"But of course I do," the poor lady exclaimed.

"How absurd of you, Harold, to ask such a question! I met him at a party when Joan and I were in London at the beginning of this week." She caught again at her fleeting courage.