That would surely be sufficient." The Sector hesitated.
"I don't know about that, Di.

Don't you think it would look rather unfriendly on the part of you girls?
Rather snubby, eh ?" That was precisely what Diana, had thought, and the reflection had afforded her no small satisfaction.

She wanted to hit back--and hit hard--and now Pobs' kindly, hospitable nature was unconsciously putting the brake on the wheel of retribution.
She shrugged her shoulders with an air of indifference.
"Oh, well, you and Joan can call.

I don't think actresses, and authors who love them and write plays for them, are much in my line," she replied distantly.
It would seem as though Joan's dictum that presentiments, like dreams, go by contraries, had been founded upon the rock of experience, for, in truth, Diana's premonition that something delightful was about to happen to her had been fulfilled in a sorry fashion..