THE INFURIATED SWAINS Flossie's news filled Pollyooly with a considerable anxiety; but she was at a loss what to do.

She knew that Hilary Vance was at the Savage Club, but she did not know whether she could reach it in time to find him there, for it was now a quarter of two.

It did not seem to her a matter to be trusted to the electric telegraph; and living as she did in the old-time Temple, it never occurred to her to telephone.
There was nothing to do but await his return and give him Flossie's note of warning the moment he entered.

She had been going to take the Lump for a walk on the embankment; she must postpone it.

Then, unused to idleness, she cast about how she might fill up her time till his return.
She had swept and dusted the room that morning, after the departure of Mrs.Thomas, who had busied herself in them, for a short time, and ineffectually, with a dustpan, a brush, and a duster, so that there was no cleaning to be done.