"I will not meet your Storri." "Mr.Storms is not in our set, dear," said Mrs.Hanway-Harley coldly.
"He is in my heart," returned Dorothy.
The self-willed one seated herself stoutly, and never another word could Mrs.Hanway-Harley draw from her.
Storri received the excuses for Dorothy's vacant place at table which Mrs.Hanway-Harley offered; for all that he read the reason of her absence, and his pride fretted under it as under a lash.
New Year's Day; and the diplomatic reception at the White House.

The President stood in line with his Cabinet people, and the others filed by.

Richard, being utterly the democrat, was, of course, utterly the aristocrat, since these be extremes that never fail to meet.

Wherefore, Richard did not take his place in the procession and waver painfully forward, at a snail's pace, to shake the Presidential hand.

It was a foolish ceremony at which Richard's self-respect rebelled.