“Absolutely bound?”
“Well, I mean if you were to keep your place in society.”
“And in your house?”
“Oh, he did not go so far as that. Everybody comes to my house.”
“Yes; but, Mrs. Pocklington, I don’t want to come in the capacity of ‘everybody.’”
“Then, I think he did mean that you must do what I say, before you went on coming in any other capacity.”
George looked at Mrs. Pocklington. Mrs. Pocklington smiled diplomatically.
“Is Miss Pocklington out?” asked George.
“Yes,” said Mrs. Pocklington, “she is out.”