I have made my first effort to regain Lucille, and it has failed.

It is not her fault.

I need not say that it is not mine.

But the struggle has commenced, and in the end I shall win." "Lucille herself--" Helene began hesitatingly.
"Lucille is, I firmly believe, as anxious to return to me as I am anxious to have her," Mr.Sabin said.
Helene threw up her hands.
"It is bewildering," she exclaimed.
"It must seem so to you," Mr.Sabin admitted.
"I wish that Lucille were anywhere else," Helene said.

"The Dorset House set, you know, although they are very smart and very exclusive, have a somewhat peculiar reputation.