Bobbie acquiesced just in time to feel Judith Stearns' black eyes demanding to know Teddy. The dancers stopped, and after an introduction Bobbie was swept off her feet by a new partner, while Judith glided off with Teddy.
"Where is Sally?" asked Judith, not seeing the little butterfly on the floor.
"Sally?" repeated the bewildered Ted. Then he recovered himself.
"Oh, yes, Cousin Sally. She's just over there," pointing to Jane's
"Bosky Dell" in a far corner.
"Your cousin?" repeated the shrewd Judith.
"Yes, little coz, I allus calls her," he lisped, to cover any possible attempt at piercing his disguise.
"But she said she was not related to Bobbie?" persisted the irrepressible Judith.
"She isn't," frankly offered Ted. "She is only related to me. Oh, I say, Miss Stearns," he broke off. "Who's the golden girl over by the punch bowl?"
"I knew it," trilled Judith. "No one could possibly miss her. She's
Jane Allen."
"Jane Allen!" he almost interrupted. "She whose pater is a benefactor of Wellington?"
"Yes, the only Jane," answered Judith glibly. "Come over and meet her. I know you will like her even better on acquaintance. I don't mind being generous, for Jane and I started together here, and from present appearances we seem liable to end it together."