What she had expected to accomplish in her own dining room had come to her before a large audience, in which, she had no doubt, there were many envious women.
Eileen rayed loveliness like a Mariposa lily, and purred in utter contentment like a deftly stroked kitten.
When they parted in the evening Peter Morrison had memoranda of three locations that he wished to consider.

That he might not seem to be unduly influenced or to be giving the remainder of Los Angeles County its just due, he proposed to motor around for a week before reaching an ultimate decision, but in his heart he already had decided that somewhere near Los Angeles he would build his home, and as yet he had seen nothing nearly so attractive as Lilac Valley..