"Lady Gladys," supplied Muriel. "I think she was horrid, too. To give up Arthur like that!"
Stainton smiled gravely.
"You would not have done it, Miss Stannard?"
"Indeed I would not!"
"What would you have done?"
Muriel's chin became resolute.
"I should have gone right up to him before them all there in the drawing-room, and I should have put my——" She broke off, rosy with embarrassment. "You will think I am awfully silly," she said.
But Stainton did not think so. He urged her on.
"No, you will laugh," said Muriel.
"I should not," he answered her. "I really want to know."