“I can’t help it,” said Patty, and as her troubled eyes met his angry ones they both smiled, and peace was restored.
“After Friday,” whispered Patty, as she went through the doorway.
“After Friday,” he repeated, puzzled by her words, but reassured by her smiles.
And then Mrs. Van Reypen sent Patty to her room for the night, and when Philip came to the drawing-room he found he was destined to be entertained by his aunt alone.
“Of course,” said Patty, to her own reflection in her mirror, “a companion can’t expect to sit with ‘the quality,’ but it does seem a shame to dress up pretty like this and then be sent to bed at nine o’clock! Never mind, only three evenings more in this house, and then victory for Patty Fairfield!”
CHAPTER XVII
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
Patty adhered to her resolution not to go to the theatre on Monday night, but when she saw Mrs. Van Reypen and Philip start off she secretly regretted her decision.