Then with the blood mounting in his face, he took a step forwards and shook hands with her easily.
"So you know one another!" said Lady Splay.
"We have known each other for a long while," returned Stella Croyle.
So that was why Stella Croyle had proposed herself for the week! Lady Splay had been a little surprised; so persistently had Stella avoided anything in the shape of a party.

But this time Stella had definitely wished to come, and Millie Splay in her loyalty had not hesitated to welcome her.

But she had been a little curious.

Stella's visit, indeed, was the third, though the least, of her preoccupations.

The Ball on the Thursday of next week at the Willoughby's! Well, Stella was never lacking in tact.