this parading her at the Opera's another thing.\"
\"Perhaps,\" young Thorley hazarded, \"she's too unhappy to be left at home.\"
This was greeted with an irreverent laugh, and the youth blushed deeply, and tried to look as if he had meant to insinuate what knowing people called a \"double entendre.\"
\"Well—it's queer to have brought Miss Welland, anyhow,\" some one said in a low tone, with a side-glance at Archer.
\"Oh, that's part of the campaign: Granny's orders,
this parading her at the Opera's another thing.\"
\"Perhaps,\" young Thorley hazarded, \"she's too unhappy to be left at home.\"
This was greeted with an irreverent laugh, and the youth blushed deeply, and tried to look as if he had meant to insinuate what knowing people called a \"double entendre.\"
\"Well—it's queer to have brought Miss Welland, anyhow,\" some one said in a low tone, with a side-glance at Archer.
\"Oh, that's part of the campaign: Granny's orders,
