Sir Chichester was mollified.
"Very well then.

We'll go." "But Mrs.Croyle isn't down yet," said Miranda.
"Stella isn't going, dear," answered Millie Splay; and a cry of dismay burst from Joan.
"Not going!" The consternation in the girl's voice was so pronounced that every eye in that hall turned to her in astonishment.

There was consternation, too, most legible in her widely-opened eyes.

Her cheeks had lost their colour.

She stood for a fleeting moment before them all, an image of terror.