There may be some who go on in the old way but she has not been one of them," the Duchess said.
"Visits to old women in remote country places are not stimulating enough.

Has she had _no_ companions ?" "I tried--" said the Duchess wearily.

She was rather pale herself.

"The news of the Sarajevo tragedy arrived on the day I gave a small dance for her--to bring some young people together." Her waxen pallor became even more manifest.

"How they danced!" she said woefully.