\"Yes, it would be more becoming in Regina to hide her own countenance than to talk about other people's,\" Mrs. Lovell Mingott agreed. \"I understand that the emerald necklace she wore at the Opera last Friday had been sent on approval from Ball and Black's in the afternoon. I wonder if they'll ever get it back?\"
Archer listened unmoved to the relentless chorus. The idea of absolute financial probity as the first law of a
\"Yes, it would be more becoming in Regina to hide her own countenance than to talk about other people's,\" Mrs. Lovell Mingott agreed. \"I understand that the emerald necklace she wore at the Opera last Friday had been sent on approval from Ball and Black's in the afternoon. I wonder if they'll ever get it back?\"
Archer listened unmoved to the relentless chorus. The idea of absolute financial probity as the first law of a
