"When I write, I'll mention it to George." Sylvia went out a little later with a sense of guilt; she felt that in removing the strongest inducement for George's visit she had betrayed him.

She was sorry for George, but she could not allow any consideration for him to interfere with her ambitions.

Then she resolutely drove these thoughts away.

The matter could be looked at in a more pleasant light, and there were several good reasons for the course she had adopted.
Entering the library, she carefully wrote a little note to Captain Bland, and then went in search of Mrs.Lansing.
"I think I'll go over to Susan's for the week-end," she announced.

"I promised her another visit, and now I can explain that I'm going away with you." Mrs.Lansing made no objection, and three or four days afterward Sylvia met Bland at Mrs.Kettering's house.