"They make a perfect fool of him.

Now, then, I'd better write to Lady Dunstable.

Of course she ought to have written to me!" So she sat down and wrote: Dear Lady Dunstable,--We have much pleasure in accepting your kind invitation, and I will let you know our train later.

I have no maid, so-- But at this point Mrs.Meadows, struck by a sudden idea, threw down her pen.
"Heavens!--suppose I took Jane?
Somebody told me the other day that nobody got any attention at Crosby Ledgers without a maid.

And it might bribe Jane into staying.