\"Ah—I hope the house will be gayer, now that Ellen's here!\" cried Mrs. Mingott with a glorious effrontery. \"Sit down—sit down, Beaufort: push up the yellow armchair; now I've got you I want a good gossip. I hear your ball was magnificent; and I understand you invited Mrs. Lemuel Struthers? Well—I've a curiosity to see the woman myself.\"
She had forgotten her relatives, who were drifting out into the hall under Ellen Olenska's
\"Ah—I hope the house will be gayer, now that Ellen's here!\" cried Mrs. Mingott with a glorious effrontery. \"Sit down—sit down, Beaufort: push up the yellow armchair; now I've got you I want a good gossip. I hear your ball was magnificent; and I understand you invited Mrs. Lemuel Struthers? Well—I've a curiosity to see the woman myself.\"
She had forgotten her relatives, who were drifting out into the hall under Ellen Olenska's
