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A dozen other guests and their servants and baggage crowded the platform, and half-a-dozen carriages and luggage-brakes the yard behind; and Deb was at once in charge of a tall footman, Rosalie struggling through the press with jewel-case and dressing-bag, chattering French to one of her familiars in the rear. Distracted stationmaster and porters uncovered to the stately woman as she passed.
She had never seen Lord and Lady Dauntrey, but she knew that Rose Winter and Vanno believed them to be Mary's companions. In the hand of the woman was a small, rather flat bag of dark blue Russian leather, which might be a jewel-case or a miniature dressing-bag such as women carry when motoring.
Now if I say to him: 'I am going out to Davos this winter, so anything in the travelling line would be acceptable, he might give me a dressing-bag with gold-mounted fittings, but, on the other hand, he might give me Baedeker's Switzerland, or 'Skiing without Tears, or something of that sort." "He would be more likely to say: 'She'll be going to lots of dances, a fan will be sure to be useful."
"I thought there might be something you wanted," she said, her bold eyes wandering over Ida curiously, and then roaming to the contents of Ida's dressing-bag which glittered and shone on the dressing-table. "What long hair you have! Do you brush it every night? I don't mine, not every night; it's too much trouble. Are the tops of all those things real silver?
Mamma's in such a stew finishing her packing, and it would be nice if you'd help shut the dressing-bag." Aunt Kathryn hadn't been herself, it seemed to me, during our two days at Bellagio. This morning she had a headache, and though I'd hoped that she would walk down to the boat with the Prince, she decided to take the hotel omnibus, so I was pestered with him once more.
But she had not written! "I am so anxious about Anne," my cousin's letter ran. "We've had no word from her since that post-card from Calais, and I can't think why! She has no clothes with her, to speak of, for she only took her dressing-bag; and I don't like to send her things on till I hear from her; besides, I hoped she would come back to us soon! Did you see her at Berlin?"
I saw them on the platform, and then they got into a third-class carriage, so I thought the best way would be to get in with them." "And where, if you please, mem," inquired Parkins, in an icy tone and with a face stiffened by repressed displeasure "where do you think you have left your dressing-bag and humbrella?"
To this end he had invented an excuse for returning to the shore at the latest possible moment. He had purposely left in his room a dressing-bag the sort of article one is likely to forget in the hurry of departure from one's house, and so certain to remember when the time comes to finally prepare for settling in another.
"It has been very sunny, Peter." A pause, then: "It was sweet of you to say that," I said. "Thank you." But, as I spoke, I did not look at her. I dared not. A clock chimed the three-quarters. A quarter to seven. Thank you. A moment later we were arranging our escape. When retrieved, our impedimenta would consist of her parasol and dressing-bag, and my dressing-case.
In obedience I rose and dressed, and when I went forth he told me to get my traveling-cloak and dressing-bag, adding that he was compelled to go north, as to continue the cruise would occupy too much time. He was due back at his official duties, he said. As soon as I had finished packing, the three men returned to the vessel, all of them looking dark-faced and disappointed.
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