Phyllis, becoming aware of these proceedings, came across to the waiting-room and leaned over her sister's shoulder.
"Oh, Gerty, what fun."
On one side of the page was a large wood-engraving representing four people on a lawn-tennis court. Three of them were girls, in whom could be traced distinct resemblance to the three Lorimers; while the fourth, a man, had about him an unmistakable suggestion of Jermyn himself. The initials "F. J." were writ large in a corner of the picture, and on the opposite page were the following verses:—
What wonder that I should be dreaming[A]
Out here in the garden to-day?
The light through the leaves is streaming;
Paulina cries, "Play!"
The birds to each other are calling;
The freshly-cut grasses smell sweet—