"Up—up and down Fifth Avenue," said Mrs. Millidew promptly.
"Did you ever see such teeth?" cried Mrs. Millidew, the younger, delightedly.
Trotter's ears were noticeable on account of their colour.
CHAPTER X
PUTTING THEIR HEADS—AND HEARTS—TOGETHER
"FOR every caress," philosophized the Marchioness, "there is a pinch. Somehow they manage to keep on pretty even terms. One receives the caresses fairly early in life, the pinches later on. You shouldn't be complaining at your time of life, my friend."
She was speaking to Lord Temple, who had presented himself a full thirty minutes ahead of other expected guests at the Wednesday evening salon. He explained that he came early because he had to leave early. Mrs. Millidew was at the theatre. She was giving a box party. He had been directed to return to the theatre before the end of the second act. Mrs. Millidew, it appears, was in the habit of "walking out" on every play she attended, sometimes at the end of an act but more frequently in the middle of it, greatly to the relief of actors and audience.