"I wish that you had let him go!" The Baroness laughed softly.
"My dear child," she protested, "why?
He seems to me quite a personable young man, and he may be useful! Who can tell ?" Louise shrugged her shoulders.

She stood waiting while the Baroness made somewhat extensive use of her powder-puff.
"You forget," she said quietly, "that I am already in Mr.Wrayson's debt pretty heavily." The Baroness looked quickly around.

She considered her young friend a little indiscreet.
"I find you amusing, _ma chere_," she remarked.

"Since when have you developed scruples ?" Louise turned towards the door.
"You do not understand," she said.

"Come!".