'Josephine Powder!I am not receiving company!' she exclaimed.
'Nonsense! I am glad of it. I want to see you, and I don't want to see other people. How you do look, Hazel! Wellhave you really gone and got married, and told nobody? Is it true?'
'Telling people is not one of my strong points,' said Hazel. 'Phoebe, bring a duster to this chair for Mrs. Charteris.'
'It is one your weak points, I think,' said Josephine. 'Never mind the chair. What made you do things in that way?'
Wych Hazel dismissed her attendants, and went back to her foot- cushion among the packages. 'What makes one do anything?' she asked, beginning upon a series of troublesome knots.
'Hm!' said Josephine.'Not being able to help yourself.'
'O is that it?' said Hazel. 'Therehappily for you, I have found some sugarplums. Do you buy so many now-a-days that you have no taste for more?'
'What on earth are you about?'
'Hard at work on chaos!'
'What sort of chaos?'