Lady Euphemia Vibart.

[To Brooke.] That person is too odious to me.

Brooke Twombley.

Several people have taken her up.

Lady Euphemia Vibart.

Somehow, being taken up is what she suggests.

Brooke Twombley.

She seems a sort of society mermaid—half a lady and half a milliner—what? Only it bothers you to know where the one leaves off and the other begins. Who is she?

Lady Euphemia Vibart.

In prehistoric days she was a Miss Lebanon. Lord Bulpitt’s son, Percy Gaylustre, met her at Nice—or somewhere.