She was talking to the ambassador when he entered, but with a smiling gesture she invited him to her side.
"I hear that you called to-day," she said.

"I had quite forgotten to tell you that we were going to Hampton Court." "I could hardly believe it," he replied.

"What took you there ?" "You will wonder when I tell you, Norman," she replied, laughingly.

"I have always thought that I have a great capacity for spoiling people.

My fair Madaline, as I have told you, is both poet and artist.