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But she'd asked her party before she knew I was arriving." "Oh, as to that " Ide drew a deep breath of relief. "I can understand that it must have been a disappointment not to have you to herself just at first. But, after all, you were among old friends or their children: the Gileses and Fresbies and little Charlotte Wynn." He paused a moment before the last name, and scrutinized her hesitatingly.
She made no reply, and he pressed on: "It can't be that you're worried about Leila, for Charlotte Wynn told me she'd been there last week, and there was a big party arriving when she left: Fresbies and Gileses, and Mrs. Lorin Boulger all the board of examiners! If Leila has passed that, she's got her degree." Mrs.
"They can take dinner with Murdock and his wife for once in their lives." "I don't know whether I can be said to have called regularly on Mrs. Giles " "Is Christmas-day a time for such sophistications? And do you think that plain, simple people, like the Gileses " Mrs. Whyland allowed herself to be persuaded as she had designed from the start.
"So many? She didn't tell me she expected a big party." "Oh, not big: but rather outside of her little group. And of course, as it's the first time, she's a little excited at having the older set." "The older set? Our contemporaries, you mean?" "Why yes." Miss Suffern paused as if to gather herself up for a leap. "The Ashton Gileses," she brought out. "The Ashton Gileses? Really?
And finding the Gileses and Fresbies here will make it all right. The times have changed!" Susy Suffern indulgently summed up. Mrs. Lidcote smiled. "Yes; a few years ago it would have seemed improbable that I should ever again be dining with Mary Giles and Harriet Fresbie and Mrs. Lorin Boulger."
I shall be glad to see Mary Giles again. It must be eighteen years," said Mrs. Lidcote steadily. "Yes," Miss Suffern gasped, precipitately refilling her cup. "The Ashton Gileses; and who else?" "Well, the Sam Fresbies. But the most important person, of course, is Mrs. Lorin Boulger." "Mrs. Boulger? Leila didn't tell me she was coming." "Didn't she? I suppose she forgot everything when she saw you.