and mother was afraid of the drive home this evening. Did you ever know anything so disappointing? Of course,\" she added gaily, \"I shouldn't have minded half as much if I'd known you were coming.\"
Symptoms of a lumbering coquetry became visible in her, and Archer found the strength to break in: \"But Madame Olenska—has she gone to Newport too?\"
Miss Blenker looked at him with surprise. \"Madame Olenska—didn't you know she'd been called away?\"
and mother was afraid of the drive home this evening. Did you ever know anything so disappointing? Of course,\" she added gaily, \"I shouldn't have minded half as much if I'd known you were coming.\"
Symptoms of a lumbering coquetry became visible in her, and Archer found the strength to break in: \"But Madame Olenska—has she gone to Newport too?\"
Miss Blenker looked at him with surprise. \"Madame Olenska—didn't you know she'd been called away?\"
