“Warning me to vacate the rectory?”
“Of course. What else should I have written to you about?”
“I got your letter.”
“Well, I hope you are ready to go. Because I shall certainly enter into possession on the first of January,” said Leegh rudely.
“The rectory is even now quite ready for the new incumbent.”
“I am glad to hear it, though I shall not care to take possession until the first of January. And now, Mr. Campbell, excuse me for reminding you that the hour is late, and suggesting that, as this is the evening of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Hay’s arrival, it would be in good form for visitors to retire.”
“Thank you: but I must speak to my host and hostess first.”
At this moment Judy came up from some obscure part of the big room in which she had been lurking like a frightened kitten.
Mr. Campbell made room for her, and Judy sat down beside her friends.
“Who is this young lady? Will you introduce me to her?” said Leegh with one of his lady-killing smiles.