However this might be, it is certain that a good many people liked her,
chiefly perhaps because she was good-natured, and a little on account of
that admirable cook.
To Lesbia, who had been weary to loathing of her old life amidst the
hills and waterfalls of Westmoreland, this new life was one perpetual
round of pleasure. She flung herself with all her heart and mind into
the amusement of the moment; she knew neither weariness nor satiety. To
ride in the park in the morning, to go to a luncheon party, a garden
party, to drive in the park for half an hour after the garden party, to
rush home and dress for the fourth or fifth time, and then off to a
dinner, and from dinner to drum, and from drum to big ball, at which
rumour said the Prince and Princess were to be present: and so, from
eleven o'clock in the morning till four or five o'clock next morning,
the giddy whirl went on: and every hour was so occupied by pleasure
engagements that it was difficult to squeeze in an occasional morning
for shopping--necessary to go to the shops sometimes, or one would not
know how many things one really wants--or for an indispensable interview
with the dressmaker.
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