Same with American society, if Mrs. Palmer didn't keep on. She's just got to.'
' Then what happened to you all when she came to London?' asked Bertie, rather pertinently.
' Why, that was in the nature of extending her business. That was all right,' said Armstrong. ' And here's some of the returns coming in right along,' he added felicitously—' Mrs. Massington and you have come to America.'
At this point Bilton interrupted.
' Mrs. Emsworth saw you to-night, Lord Keynes,' he said, ' and hopes you will go to see her to-morrow morning. No. 127, West Twenty-sixth Street. Easier than your Park Squares and Park Places and Park Streets, isn't it?'
' Much easier,' said Bertie. ' Pray give my compliments to Mrs. Emsworth, and say I regret so much I am leaving New York to-morrow with Mrs. Palmer.'
' Ah, you couldn't have a better excuse,' said Bilton; ' but no excuse does for Mrs. Emsworth. You'd better find half an hour, Lord Keynes.'
