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"Sometimes I think that he has, sometimes I believe that Richard must have shown him my picture, and he has come over here to see if I am really like it." "He does behave rather like that," her companion admitted drily. Phillipa turned and looked at her. "Helen," she said severely, "don't be a cat."
You are not thinking still of each other, I sincerely hope?" "I may be of him," said Phillipa bitterly. "He is not likely to think of any one but himself." "I shall never forgive myself for surrendering you to Lady Gayfeather. Nothing but misery seems to hang about her and her house. This last affair "
Phillipa drew up the willow rocker and pushed Louie in it. "Don't have hysterics if that is what you're aiming at or I'll douse you with cold water until you're half drowned." Louie was sobbing now. "I can't help it, and think of the dreadful risk we ran! That woman ought to be sent to prison." "That woman was going on with her business, earning her living. We were the fools!
The party was a great success. Several of the older graduates were asked in. There was music, some conversational plays where quick wit was necessary and in this Phillipa excelled. Then the dancing was charming to the young crowd. They were very merry over the refreshments, then dancing again. "It's been just delightful! I never had such a good time in my life. Oh, Mrs.
Then with a sad, scared face, motioning Phillipa on one side, who, equally white and grief-stricken, would have helped her, she crept slowly upstairs, feeling that at one blow the whole fabric of her social repute was tumbled in the dust. The lights were out, the play was over, the house still and silent, when, with loud shrieks, Mrs. Purling's maid rushed to Phillipa's room. "Mrs.
"You certainly made an impression upon her, Phillipa," said Lady Calverly afterwards. "She is a vain and rather silly old woman," Miss Fanshawe replied. Language that might have opened Mrs. Purling's eyes. "But I am very glad you became such good friends. Purlington is a very desirable place." Here, then, was a faint clue to the mystery of Mrs. Purling's tardy reception at Compton Revel.
Phillipa Rosewald proposed drinking toasts to her, even if it was only in water, and much girlish wit and laughter went round. "Why it's been a delightful party," several of them declared. "Mrs. Barrington, how can we thank you?"
Do you know she is a peer's daughter?" "I thought you said housework would do for the daughters of kings; and you have proposed it to our cousin, Dolly Dri " "Were you at Ryde this year, Phillipa?" asked Mrs. Purling, promptly. "No at Cowes. We were yachting. Dreary business, don't you think, Mr. Purling?" "I rather like it." "Yes, if you have a pleasant party and an object.
"But did you ever see anything so idiotic as that lovely frock for such a girl and a place like this where you do not go to high-up parties," said one of the girls in a group, afterward. "And what it must have cost! It really ought to be returned as very unsuitable." "What can the mother be like, and isn't the father a politician or a contractor?" with a laugh. "No," returned Phillipa.
Much as Phillipa Rosewald loved her friends and she confessed to adoring Zaidee, she never stopped at a little fling. "The compliment, of course, is to Miss Boyd. She has a temper of her own, you can catch a flash of it in her eyes, and I dare say her iron rule is what makes her mother so meek. She pets up that Nevins girl who is a well they are called Beauty and the Beast.
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