"It's quite an unexpected pleasure!"
"Indeed, most glad to meet you!"
The introductions continued, and presently the room resounded with such phrases as these:
"I hope we're not terribly late!... New York streets are so crowded!"
"Delightful weather, don't you think?"
"What a charming view!... I dote on views, don't you?"
"Have you seen Péléas and Mélisande?"
And Georgie Gwynne, picking her words with difficulty, was remarking to Harrigan Blood:
"You're such a celebrity, Mr. Blood!... I'm tick ... I'm delighted to know you!"
The Comte de Joncy, overcome by this flood of manners, said to his host: