Could it have been a dream?
Never was man so puzzled as Lord Arleigh.
They talked after dinner about a grand fancy ball that Miss Byrton intended giving at her mansion in Grosvenor Square.

She was one of those who believed implicitly in the engagement between Lord Arleigh and Miss L'Estrange.
"I have a Waverley quadrille already formed," said Miss Byrton--"that is _de rigueur_.

There could not be a fancy ball without a Waverley quadrille.

How I should like two Shakesperian ones! I thought of having one from 'As You Like It' and another from 'Romeo and Juliet;' and, Miss L'Estrange, I wish you would come as _Juliet_.

It seems rude even to suggest a character to any one with such perfect taste as yours--still I should like a beautiful _Juliet--Juliet_ in white satin, and glimmer of pearls." "I am quite willing," returned Philippa.