“Here I am, too, but I can’t talk to you now. My programme is full, and I make it a point always to keep my engagements.”
“Not one dance left?” said Mr. Hepworth, looking over the scribbled card.
“Not one! I’m so sorry,—but, of course, I didn’t know you were coming.”
“Of course not. Run along now, and enjoy yourself, and I’ll call on you, if I may, some time when you are at home.”
“Yes, do,” said Patty, realising that Mr. Hepworth was the same kind, thoughtful friend he had always been.
“I wonder why I’m so glad to see him,” she thought to herself, as she walked away with her new partner; “but I am, all the same.”