She still has power over him.

Oh for time, time only! And he will be hers again, soul and body, and that small supplanter shall be lowered to the very dust! * * * * * "Oh, how delightful! The very thing," says Mrs.Chichester, clapping her hands.
The conversation at the other end of the room is growing merrier; Tita, in the midst of a small group, has evidently been suggesting something in a most animated fashion.
"We should have to put all the things back," says Minnie Hescott, glancing round her at the small chairs and tables that abound.
"Not at all--not at all," says Tita gaily; "we could go into the smaller dancing-room and have it there." "Oh, of course! Splendid idea!" says Minnie.
She is a tall, handsome young creature, standing fully five feet five in her dainty little black silk stockings.

Her eyes are dark and almond-shaped like her brother's, and there is a little droop at the far corners of the lids that adds singularly to their beauty; it gives them softness.

Perhaps this softness had not been altogether meant, for Mother Nature had certainly not added gentleness to the many gifts she had given Miss Hescott at her birth.

Not that the girl is of a nature to be detested; it is only that she is strong, intolerant, and self-satisfied.