"I shall think I have lectured you too much. And the plays—don't forget them!"
He exchanged a few words with Connie as he passed her in the hall, and she was graciously polite to him. She never forgot for an instant, in the presence of a man, that she was a charming woman. After she had kissed her mother, however, she felt that a remonstrance was justifiable.
"Mother, you're not encouraging that man, I hope?"
"No, Connie, my dear, I assure you I'm not. I think that the difference in our ages is really too great."
"Oh, mother! I meant for Judy, of course."
"Ah! But before I answer that, let me tell you of something Eric and I thought of a few days ago. Something to do with you."
Before Connie had left her, an hour later, she had agreed to give up her rooms at the hotel as soon as Noel went to Germany, and go and keep house for Eric.
She had been wondering how she was going to bear her life after Noel left, she said.
"If Eric really wants me, of course I'll go. I'm not a very good housekeeper, I'm afraid. I'm so out of practice."
"It will be a change for him," Madame Claire
