"Is his music really so wonderful?"
"I've never heard a note of it."
"Hasn't your mother?"
With difficulty Charmian kept a displeased look out of her face as she answered sweetly:
"Once, I think. But she has said very little about it."
At this moment the tragic mask of Miss Deans was seen in a doorway, and Margot got up quickly.
"There's that darling Millie from Paris!"
"Who? Where?"
"Millie Deans, the only real actress on the operatic stage. Until you've seen her in Crêpe de Chine you've never seen opera as it ought to be. Millie! Millie!"
She went rather aggressively toward Miss Deans, forgetting her calm gown for the moment.