Jane leaned back in her chair, drew off her gloves and looked around her with an appreciative smile.

She had somehow the subtle air of being even more pleased with herself and her surroundings than she was willing to admit.

Every table in the restaurant was occupied.

The waiters were busy: there was an air of gaiety.

A faint smell of cookery hung about the place and its clients were undeniably a curious mixture of the bourgeois and theatrical.