"I went round to the Ritz-Carlton t-night."
"Was she in?"
"Yes. But she was—but she went out afterward, to Mrs. Inness."
"Oh! And did she accept?"
"Yes."
Charmian's eyes were fixed upon Claude. He saw by their expression that she suspected something, or that she had divined a secret between him and Mrs. Shiffney. She looked suddenly alert, and her lips seemed to harden, giving her face a strained and not pleasant expression.
"How is she coming?" she asked.
"How?"
"Yes. Are you going to fetch her? Or am I to?"