On Madge's advice she took her to a voluble little woman in the Earl's Court Road who was struck at once by Madame Phillips's remarkable resemblance to the Baroness von Stein.

Had not Joan noticed it?
Whatever suited the Baroness von Stein--allowed by common consent to be one of the best-dressed women in London--was bound to show up Madame Phillips to equal advantage.

By curious coincidence a costume for the Baroness had been put in hand only the day before.

It was sent for and pinned upon the delighted Madame Phillips.

Perfection! As the Baroness herself would always say: "My frock must be a framework for my personality.