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Lady Wolfer glanced at her rather curiously

"How pretty you look when you laugh--quite different You struckrather sad and sobered when I first saw you; but when you

laugh----I should advise you not to laugh when you first see Lord

Wolfer, or he'll think you too absurdly young and girlish for the post

Do take your hat and jacket off! It will be some tiot her outdoor things off quickly, and Lady Wolfer looked at her

still ly

"You really are quite a child, hed "Why didn't Wolfer tell me about you before, I

wonder? I wish he had; I should like to have had you cohed again "But never mind; you

are here now And how tired youa little pale

now Why don't you drink that wine? When you are rested--quite

rested--to-night, after dinner, perhaps--let ement slate of white porcelain which stood

erect on the crowded table

"Hem! yes, I have to speak at the Sisters of State Society Never mind;

to-morrow, after lunch--if I'reat friends, and that is what I wanted The others--I mean your

predecessors--were such terrible old frumps, without any idea above

cutlets and clean sheets, that they only bored and worried me; but you