you from Mr. de Lisle and my granddaughter that I feel I know you quite well."
He took her hand.
"It's real kind of you to welcome me like this." He turned to Judy. "Well, Miss Pendleton, I'm glad to see you got here safe and sound. Cannes seemed sorter dead after you left it, so I made up my mind to pull up stakes and quit."
"But you had to come on business," she reminded him.
"That's so. There's a lot of different kinds of business. Seems as if I kinder knew you too, Lady Gregory. Say, I'm just cracked about that old Mr. de Lisle. He sure is a fine old gentleman."
"I think he's rather nice," agreed Madame Claire. "You saw him the most recently. Tell us how he was?"
"Just living for the day when he can get back here. But improving right along. I said to him, 'Mr. de Lisle,' I said, 'I guess you'll pine away if you don't get to London soon.' And that's just what he'd do. He'd pine away. Mind if I smoke a cigar, Lady Gregory?"
"No, no. Do smoke. You were very kind to him and to Judy there. She's told me about the delightful trips you took."
