Surely there can be nothing indiscreet in your giving me the names of your guests.

Most people send them to the papers themselves." "I do not know," Virginia said, "whether my uncle would wish me to do so.

In any case, I shall do nothing without his consent." The young man frowned slightly.

This was not to be so easy as he thought.
"Well," he said, "I can get the names from your servants, without bothering your uncle.

Must be rather interesting for you, Miss Longworth, to hear these famous men talk," She shook her head.
"I do not understand one half of what they say," she answered, "but what I do understand doesn't sound in the least wonderful." He smiled appreciatively.
"I can quite understand that," he said; "but there must have been some of the conversation that you understood.