I object on principle." The words were scarcely uttered before the notes of the organ swelled suddenly through the church.

Juliet sent a quick look towards it, and saw the black cropped head of the man in question as he sat at the instrument.

It occupied one side of the chancel and a crowd of village children congregated in the side pews immediately outside and under the eye of the organist.

Juliet felt an indignant flush rise in her cheeks.
She was certain that that remark had been audible all over the church, and she resented it with almost unreasonable vehemence.
Then with a sweep of feathers and laces the speaker entered, and Juliet raised her eyes to regard her.

She saw a young woman, delicate-looking, with a pretty, insolent face and expensive clothes, walk past, and was aware for a moment of a haughty stare that seemed to question her right to be there.