diamonds. Montague was simply stunned, for the thing could not have
cost less than one or two thousand dollars. He could not persuade
himself that he had a right to accept of such hospitality, which he
could never hope to return. He was to realize in time that Robbie
lived for the pleasure of thus humiliating his fellow-men.

After luncheon, the party came to an end. Some set out to return as
they had come; and others, who had dinner engagements, went back
with their host in his private car, leaving their autos to be
returned by the chauffeurs. Montague and his brother were among
these; and about dusk, when the swarms of working people were
pouring out of the city, they crossed the ferry and took a cab to
their hotel.






CHAPTER V





They found their apartments looking as if they had been struck by a
snowstorm-a storm of red and green and yellow, and all the colours
that lie between. All day the wagons of fashionable milliners and
costumiers had been stopping at the door, and their contents had
found their way to Alice's room. The floors were ankle-deep in