But she found Newport indispensable that summer to the re-establishment of her strength.

"And really," she said, "the baby would be so much better off quietly at home with mamma and Kathleen.
The fact is," she said, "she quite disregards me.

She cries after Kathleen if I take her; so that it's quite provoking." And so Lillie, free and unencumbered, had her gay season at Newport with the Follingsbees, and the Simpkinses, and the Tompkinses, and all the rest of the nice people, who have nothing to do but enjoy themselves; and everybody flattered her by being incredulous that one so young and charming could possibly be a mother..