"Should _I_ see them?--I mean if I _were_ to give up everything for you."

Mrs. Jordan at this became most arch. "I'd send you to all the
bachelors!"

Our young lady could be reminded by such a remark that she usually struck
her friend as pretty. "Do _they_ have their flowers?"

"Oceans. And they're the most particular." Oh it was a wonderful world.
"You should see Lord Rye's."

"His flowers?"

"Yes, and his letters. He writes me pages on pages--with the most
adorable little drawings and plans. You should see his diagrams!"




CHAPTER VIII


The girl had in course of time every opportunity to inspect these
documents, and they a little disappointed her; but in the mean while
there had been more talk, and it had led to her saying, as if her
friend's guarantee of a life of elegance were not quite definite: "Well,
I see every one at _my_ place."

"Every one?"