"Oh, I shall be so glad. I shall beg him to let me go home with him," she cried beamingly. "Didn't they send me any message by you, Lord Chester?"
"They didn't know I was coming. It was after I had left them that evening I received the telegram from Earle to join him here for a day or two. I didn't have time to leave a note for Ethel; had to hustle to catch my train, you know. I can send her a line to-day."
Earle sauntered back to them, saying:
"I am going to the house now. Have some letters to write. Do you care to come now?"
"Do you need me?"
"Not for two hours yet."
"Then I will stay here with your sister awhile longer, if she will let me. I am lazy to-day, and this dolce far niente suits my mood exactly."
"Stay, then, for you certainly look the perfection of indolence. Precious, you can bring him back when you get ready."
He turned away and then Norah called:
"I must go back, too."