"Well, of all things!" exclaimed Mrs. Percival. "I should think she'd
feel pretty cheap."
"Why?" asked Dick, startled.
"Coming down to a nobody like that!" Lena retorted in scorn. "But I
think she has been going off in her looks lately, and I dare say she
knows it, and is glad to get even him."
The billiard room was empty, and Dick went in and shut the door.