vallerys

Updated: May 6, 2025

I heard her silken rustle on the stairs at last, and then she was in the doorway. "May I come in?" she said. "Do," I said, and turned round to her. "Working?" she said. "Hard," I answered. "Where have YOU been?" "At the Vallerys'. Mr. Evesham was talking about you. They were all talking. I don't think everybody knew who I was. Just Mrs. Mumble I'd been to them. Lord Wardenham doesn't like you."

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells - The New Machiavelli