Wharton made her a little ceremonious bow.
"I shall be delighted.

Can you trust me to behave ?" Lady Selina's smile made her his match for the moment.
"Oh! we can defend ourselves!" she said.

"By the way I think you told me that Mr.Raeburn was not a friend of yours." "No," said Wharton, facing her look with coolness.

"If you have asked Mr.Raeburn for the 23rd, let me crave your leave to cancel that note in my pocket-book.

Not for my sake, you understand, at all." She had difficulty in concealing her curiosity.