CHAPTER VI
HERENDEN HALL
“There, Kitty lady,” said Patty, as she reached the Savoy on her return from the Garden Party, “there’s a nosegay from your affectionate father.”
Lady Hamilton stared at the bunch of sweet peas that Patty held out to her.
“My word!” she exclaimed, “you are the most amazing child! I suppose he sent them to me just about as much as I sent him those valley lilies you took to him the other day.”
Lady Kitty guessed so near the truth that Patty felt a little crestfallen.
“It was more than that,” she said. “I asked him to send some flowers to you, and he bought these purposely.”
“Did he select sweet peas, himself?”