"I want to present you to my dearest friend, Phyllis Ayrton." "A woman!" said he.
"Not yet.

She has never met a man.

She will to-night," said Ella.

Then she turned to Phyllis, who was walking beside Lord Earlscourt.

"Come here, Phyllis," she said; "you are the only person in London who doesn't yet know Mr.Herbert Courtland.