CHAPTER XXII.
HONOUR IN DIFFICULTIES At Mrs.Cosgrove's, this Sunday afternoon, Monica had eyes and thoughts for one person only.

Her coming at all was practically an appointment to meet Bevis, whom she had seen twice since her visit to the flat.

A day or two after that occasion, she received a call from the Bevis girls, who told her of their brother's approaching departure for Bordeaux, and thereupon she invited the trio to dine with her.

A fortnight subsequently to the dinner she had a chance encounter with Bevis in Oxford Street; constraint of business did not allow him to walk beside her for more than a minute or two, but they spoke of Mrs.
Cosgrove's on the following Sunday, and there, accordingly, found each other.
Tremor of self-consciousness kept Monica in dread of being watched and suspected.

Few people were present to-day, and after exchanging formal words with Bevis, she moved away to talk with the hostess.