DINNER FOR TWO At a few minutes before eight o'clock that evening Lady Hunterleys descended the steps of the Casino and crossed the square towards the Hotel de Paris.

She walked very slowly and she looked neither to the right nor to the left.

She had the air of seeing no one.

She acknowledged mechanically the low bow of the commissionaire who opened the door for her.

A reception clerk who stood on one side to let her pass, she ignored altogether.