"May I have the pleasure of your company?" he asked.
"I shall be delighted if you wish it."
"I do," he said. "Nothing will give me greater pleasure."
"Then I shall expect you," she said, with a glance he knew well, as she rejoined her friends.
Undoubtedly Lenise Elroy was one of the most attractive women at the races; there was just that touch of uncertainty about her mode of living which caused men to turn and look at her, and women to avoid her when possible.
Sir Robert Raines, when he saw her, said to Picton: "I wonder she dare show her face here in Yorkshire; some women have no shame in them."
"She is a wicked woman, Bob; she ought to be in prison instead of poor Hector. I believed at the trial she shot Elroy, and I always shall," said his wife.
"Who is that beautiful woman who was talking to Mr. Rolfe?" asked Rita.
"She is Mrs. Elroy," said Picton.
Rita knew nothing about Hector's troubles; she was young at the time of the trial.