"Ariadne introduced me to Sister Eila. Do you remember, Sister?"
But Sister Eila had already turned to Warner, and perhaps she did not hear.
Later Warner bent toward Philippa:
"You are enchanting in that filmy turquoise blue affair."
"Isn't it a darling? Peggy would make me wear it. It's hers, of course.... Do I please you?"
"Did you ever do anything else, Philippa?"
She colored, looked up at him confused, and laughed:
"Oh, yes," she said, "I have annoyed you too, sometimes. Do you remember when I ran away from Ausone and told you about it in the meadow by the river? Oh, you were very much annoyed! You need not deny it. I realize now how much annoyed you must have been——"
"Thank God you did what you did," he said under his breath.
"What else could I do?"