Champagne was here handed round, and, after the brimming glasses had been emptied, they all repaired to the ball-room.
Clotilde flew to Tom on his appearance, and he was foolish enough to forgive her.
A reel was called, in which all the company took part, except poor Monsieur Zephyrus, who was obliged to apply a piece of brown paper, steeped in brandy, to his injured orb.
XIV. AN UNPLEASANT INQUIRY.
|Next morning, about eleven o'clock, Chetwynd found his way, as usual, from the “Grosvenor Hotel” to the house in Belgrave Square.
He had breakfasted very pleasantly with Sir Bridgnorth Charlton, who was staying at the same hotel as himself, and had not the slightest idea that anything disagreeable awaited him; but he was rather struck by Higgins's manner, as he let him in.
Evidently the butler had something to communicate.
It may be proper to mention that, since Chetwynd's resumption of his own name, and appearance in his true character at Lady Thicknesse's, no allusion to the past had ever been made by Higgins, who had always been particularly respectful.