He had, then, intended to come; he had not forgotten all about her.

Even if she counted only in his memory as tenant, it was good, she felt it helplessly and blissfully, to count in any way with Gerald Digby.

She did not analyse and hardly recognised these sentiments, yet she strongly felt the need for composure, and it was only with an air of soft exhilaration that she made the announcement over the table to Helen.
'Isn't it nice, Helen?
Mr.Digby is coming this evening.' The soft exhilaration could not be noticeable, for everybody seemed in some degree to share it.
'Dear Gerald, how delightful!' said Lady Pickering, with, to Althea's consciousness, too much an air of possessorship.

'Gerald is a splendid actor, Miss Pepperell,' Sir Charles said to Dorothy.

'Miss Buchanan, you and he must do some of your best parts together.' The girls were full of expectancy.