"Nothing.... Walking about the lobby."
"Did you find it interesting?"
She heard him laugh—such a curious, strange, shaken laugh.
She said: "I shall be very glad to see you, Clive. There are some of your friends here, too, who will be glad to see you."
"Then I'll wait until—"
"No; I had rather meet you for the first time when others are here—if you don't mind. Do you?"
"No," he said, coolly; "I'll come."
"Now?"
"Yes, immediately."
Her heart was going at a terrific pace when she hung up the receiver. She went to her mirror, turned on the side-lights, and looked at herself. From the front room came the sound of the dance music, a ripple or two of laughter. Welter's eager voice singing still of arms and the man.