There were many, very many, introductions.

There were tactful descriptions of little effects Mr.
Ellsworth had achieved under rather trying circumstances; walks under the pergola; viewings of both homes in detail.

Many of the guests were old friends.

They gathered in the libraries and dining-rooms and talked.

There was much jesting, some slappings of shoulders, some good story-telling, and so the afternoon waned into evening, and they went away.
Aileen had created an impression in a street costume of dark blue silk with velvet pelisse to match, and trimmed with elaborate pleatings and shirrings of the same materials.