“What’s the row?” he asked. “Anythin’ up?”

“I’m thinking over my songs.”

“Oh, I see.”

She had silenced him for the moment.

Very soon they were in a long line of carriages and motors moving slowly towards Manchester House.

“Goin’ to be a deuce of a crowd,” said Fritz.

“Naturally.”

“Wonder who’ll be there?”

“Everybody who’s still in town.”

She bowed to a man in a hansom.