When Margaret Edes had returned home after the Zenith Club, she devoted an hour to rest.

She had ample time for that before dressing for a dinner which she and her husband were to give in New York that evening.

The dinner was set for rather a late hour in order to enable Margaret to secure this rest before the train-time.

She lay on a couch before the fire, in her room which was done in white and gold.
Her hair was perfectly arranged, for she had scarcely moved her head during the club meeting, and had adjusted and removed her hat with the utmost caution.

Now she kept her shining head perfectly still upon a rather hard pillow.