"We don't do it for everybody.

Didn't you find yourself charmed ?" "One was a men's dinner," he explained.

"Mr.Palmer seemed to think I ought to be shown to the principal business men." "What was the other dinner ?" "My cousin Mildred gave it." "Oh, DID she!" Alice said, sharply, but she recovered herself in the same instant, and laughed.

"She wanted to show you to the principal business women, I suppose." "I don't know.

At all events, I shouldn't give myself out to be so much feted by your 'fellow-citizens,' after all, seeing these were both done by my relatives, the Palmers.