“I shall ask papa or Sir Roger to take me.”
“Then I’ll go with Lady Deane.”
“I don’t mind who you go with, Mr. Ellerton.”
“I’ll take care that you’re annoyed as little as possible by my presence,”
“It doesn’t annoy me.”
“Doesn’t it, D——?”
“I don’t notice it one way or the other.”
“Oh.”
“Good-by for the present, Mr. Ellerton.”
“Good-by, Miss Bellairs; but I ought to thank you.”