Miss Chressham looked at him keenly, but his tired, composed face, with the slightly amused smile on the beautiful lips, told her as much as his words and no more.
The music began again and the Earl glanced towards the ballroom.
"It is 'La Louvre'; have you a partner?"
"I am not dancing," she answered wearily.
"I am engaged to Miss Trefusis——"
"Oh, leave me," cried Susannah. "There is nothing more for either of us to say; I am going home."
He crossed to her side and kissed her hand affectionately.
"You are a great deal too good for any of us, my dear," he said feelingly.
She turned her glance aside, withdrew her hand and stepped back from his gorgeous presence.