told her. "Louise is rather too good. She fusses. And besides, Eric won't be difficult. He has very simple tastes."
"I think," said Connie, "that from what I've heard, I shall be a better hostess than his wife has been."
"I'm convinced of it," answered Madame Claire.
When Connie had gone, she telephoned at once to Eric, to tell him what she had done.
"It's so obviously the best thing all round," he agreed, "that I simply never thought of it. If it suits Connie, it suits me."
"It suits Connie very well. But of course you'll say nothing to Louise. It will be time enough for her to know when she's settled comfortably at Mistley."
