His wife smoothed it over with Edith by confiding to her the lamentable truth that poor Odell-Carney hadn't the remotest idea what he was talking about half of the time.

After carefully looking Edith over and finding her valuably bright and attractive, she cordially expressed the hope that she would come to see her in London.
"We must know each other better, my dear Mrs.Medcroft," she had said amiably.

Edith thought of the famous drawing-rooms in Mayfair and exulted vastly.

"And Mr.Medcroft, too.

I am so interested in men who have a craft.