“You must bring her to one of my evenings, Denville.”
He would have said “Impossible” had he dared. As it was, he said he should be charmed, and this set him thinking about how much money was won and lost there, when fresh arrivals took up his attention, and soon after Isaac announced:
“Mr and Mrs Frank Burnett.”
Claire uttered a sigh of relief as she shook hands with her sister and brother-in-law, the latter pairing off directly with one of the officers.
“Well,” said May eagerly, “is all right?”
“Yes, dear; but they want money, and I have none.”
“Oh, dear, money again! Well, I’ll see.”
“But, May dear, you must do something more.”
“What do you mean?”
“This task grows more difficult every day. You must really make some arrangements, or I shall be compromised.”