She insisted forthwith on another condition.
"In the event of my deciding to receive the check," she said, "I cannot, consistently with my own self-respect, permit it to be delivered to me otherwise than inclosed.

Your ladyship will (if necessary) be so kind as to inclose it.

Good-evening." She sauntered to the door, looking from side to side, with an air of supreme disparagement, at the priceless treasures of art which adorned the walls.

Her eyes dropped superciliously on the carpet (the design of a famous French painter), as if her feet condescended in walking over it.

The audacity with which she had entered the room had been marked enough; it shrank to nothing before the infinitely superior proportions of the insolence with which she left it.
The instant the door was closed Lady Janet rose from her chair.