“I must take my leave now,” he ejaculated.
“What! going so soon? Dear me, yours is a short visit.”
“You see, my time is not my own, and when I tell you that, I am sure you’ll excuse me.”
“Oh, certainly. But I suppose I shall have the pleasure of seeing you again.”
“Yes, on the very first opportunity.”
“Then I will not attempt to detain you, Mr. Gatliffe,” said she, rising and offering her hand to her visitor.
“He’s by no means forward or fast,” she murmured, when he had gone.
“He wants bringing out. I shall work him all right enough. He’s a bit smitten, that is very clear. I wonder whether he has a wife. I rather fancy he has. It is most fortunate that Alf is away in the country with his select companions. I shall have to deal with that fellow in a way he little expects, but for the present I have enough on hand.”
She dressed herself in fashionable garments, and sallied forth.
She paid a visit to several places of public resort, and amused herself for that day.