She glanced at the clock.
"I suppose so," she assented.
"I have three gowns laid out," the maid continued respectfully.

"Madame would look wonderful in the light green." "Anything," Anna yawned.
The telephone bell tinkled.

Anna took down the receiver herself.
"Yes ?" she asked.
Her manner suddenly changed.

It was a familiar voice speaking.

Her maid, who stood in the background, watched and wondered.
"It is you, Baroness! I rang up to see whether there was any chance of your being able to dine with me?
I have just got back to town." "How dared you go away without telling me!" she exclaimed.