"Did you meet many that you knew on your drive?"
"Yes—I went out to the Country Club—the place was crowded."
"My dear! was it wise?" exclaimed Mrs. Mourraille. "Was it wise, so soon?"
"Judging from the general result, I should say not!" laughed Stephanie. "But it will give them something to talk about the rest of the afternoon, and furnish a topic for dinner. And for that they should be grateful to me."
"My dear!" marvelled her mother.
"Oh, you should have seen the preoccupied air of every woman on the piazza—and there were scores of them there. It was positively chilling."
"Didn't any of them even speak to you?"
"Not one!"
"Who were there?" asked Mrs. Mourraille, her lips tightening.