22/35 I bring you my apology, and a jardenia." "Oh, how sweet! Never mind the apology. Quarrel with me often, and bring me a jardenia. I'll always make it up on those terms." "Miss White," said Grace, pompously, "I shall require a few dozen cuttings from your tree, please tell the gardener. Arrangements are such, I shall have to grow jardenias on a scale hitherto unprecedented." There was a laugh, and, in the middle of it, a servant announced Miss Carden's carriage. I requested that man to be on the watch, and, if I said a good thing, to announce my carriage directly; and he did it pat. |