"When am I to meet you again? May I call?"
"No."
"How do you get home to-night?"
"Miss Bonthron sends me in a cab."
"Shall you be at the ball?"
"No."
"You can easily get a good chaperon?"
"Oh yes."
"Will you go to the ball if I ask it as a personal favour to me?"
Mona reflected. "I don't see why I should not," she said simply.