"I suppose Mrs. Grundy kicked and screamed?"
"Yes; she did not believe in a guardian of six-and-thirty and a ward of eighteen; so, although Major Gascoigne moved heaven and earth to get out of it, he was forced to marry the girl."
There was a choking gasp beside Deep Voice, which she attributed to a dog under the table (for dogs and children were alike admitted into the Chitachar club).
"And how does Paul hit it off with the child of impulse?" inquired Pink Dress.
"Oh, pretty well—on the non-intervention system."
"I see—gives her her head—and she turns the heads of the station subalterns?"
"I cannot say; I never heard anything about her, except that she is very pretty. Her grandmother is Lady Augusta Gascoigne."
"You don't say so! Then Virginia the second is no ingénue," and Pink Gown nodded her hat till the feathers waved again.
"Lola was lovely," continued her friend, with enthusiasm. "She was deeply attached to Philip, and she sacrificed her happiness for her family. Oh, it was wonderful."
"You mean that she was really in love with this young Gascoigne?"