More of the Mitchells Edith had become an immense favourite with the Mitchells.

They hardly ever had any entertainment without her.

Her success with their friends delighted Mrs Mitchell, who was not capable of commonplace feminine jealousy, and who regarded Edith as a find of her own.

She often reproached Winthrop, her husband, for having known Bruce eight years without discovering his charming wife.
One evening they had a particularly gay party.

Immediately after dinner Mitchell had insisted on dressing up, and was solemnly announced in his own house as Prince Gonoff, a Russian noble.