A few days ago I received a card, 'Mrs.Baden Powell, at home November 25.' Of course I did not know if it was a tea party or a wedding reception.

So I appealed to Mrs.Airy.She said, 'It is a London rout.

I never went to one, but you'll find a crowd and a good many interesting people.' "I took a cab, and went at nine o'clock.

The servant who opened the door passed me to another who showed me the cloak-room.

The girl who took my shawl numbered it and gave me a ticket, as they would at a public exhibition.