But the house seemed empty—so I sat down to wait.\"
Miss Blenker, shaking off the fumes of sleep, looked at him with increasing interest. \"The house IS empty. Mother's not here, or the Marchioness—or anybody but me.\" Her glance became faintly reproachful. \"Didn't you know that Professor and Mrs. Sillerton are giving a garden-party for mother and all of us this afternoon? It was too unlucky that I couldn't go; but I've had a sore throat,
But the house seemed empty—so I sat down to wait.\"
Miss Blenker, shaking off the fumes of sleep, looked at him with increasing interest. \"The house IS empty. Mother's not here, or the Marchioness—or anybody but me.\" Her glance became faintly reproachful. \"Didn't you know that Professor and Mrs. Sillerton are giving a garden-party for mother and all of us this afternoon? It was too unlucky that I couldn't go; but I've had a sore throat,
