'What will you have ?' he inquired resignedly.

She gave her own orders to the waiter, without troubling him to speak for her.
'Maraschino.

And a pot of tea.' The waiter stared; Francis stared.

The tea was a novelty (in connection with maraschino) to both of them.

Careless whether she surprised them or not, she instructed the waiter, when her directions had been complied with, to pour a large wine-glass-full of the liqueur into a tumbler, and to fill it up from the teapot.