Oh, you got my note about the concert, dear lady ?" Kendal noticed the adroitness of her chatter with amusement.
Before she had half finished Lady Halifax had taken an initial step toward moving off, and Janet's last words received only a nod and a smile for reply.
"You know, then ?" said he, when that excellent woman was safely out of earshot.
"Yes, I know," Janet answered, twisting the hanging end of her long-haired boa about her wrist.

"I feel as if I oughtn't to, but daddy told me.

Daddy went, you know, to try to persuade her to give it up.

I _was_ so angry with him for doing it.

He might have known Elfrida better.