"Your cousin is stunning, Marie," said Mona Galbraith; "why have we never met him before?"
"He's a freak," Marie said, laughingly. "I couldn't persuade him to come to my valentine party, and to-night I couldn't keep him away! All musicians are freaks, you know."
"He's a musician, all right," said Kenneth Harper. "The things he did to that simple little song must have made some of the eminent composers turn in their graves!"
"He's awfully clever at that sort of thing," said Marie; "sometimes when we're here alone, he'll take a simple little air and improvise the most beautiful melodies from it."
"Is he amiable?" asked Mona, casually.
"Not very; or rather, not always. But he's a dear fellow, and we're all fond of him. How did you like him, Patty?"
"I thought he was lovely," said Patty, and Van Reypen glared at her.
CHAPTER VII
SUITORS
After supper the whole party went to the large drawing-room to dance.