"No? What a shame! Sit here."
Charmian threw herself down with a movement that was very young and began taking off her long gloves. As her thin, pretty hands came out of them, Mrs. Mansfield bent down and kissed her.
"Dear child! How nice to have you safe home!"
"Is it?"
"What a silly question to ask your only mother!"
"This chair makes me feel exactly how tired I am. It tells me."
"Take off your hat."
"Shall I?" She put up her hands, but she left the hat where it was, and her mother did not ask why.
"Is Adelaide back?"
"No, I left her glued to Paris. I crossed with Susan Fleet. Oh!"