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'You are up to your eyes in engagements, and I don't suppose you want to
see any more of me.' Maulevrier answered, bluntly.
'But I'll call to-morrow morning, if I am likely to find you at home.
I've some news for you.'
'Then I'll stay at home on purpose to see you. News is always
delightful. Is it good news, by-the-bye?'
'Very good; at least, I think so.'
'What is it about?'
'Oh! that's a long story, and the curtain is just going up. The news is
about Mary.'
'About Mary!' exclaimed Lesbia, elevating her eyebrows. 'What news can
there possibly be about Mary?'
'Such news as there generally is about every nice jolly girl, at least
once in her life.'
'You don't mean that she is engaged--to a curate?'
'No, not to a curate. There goes the curtain. "I'll see you later," as
the Yankee President used to say when people bothered him, and he didn't
like to say no.'
Engaged: Mary engaged! The idea of such an altogether unexpected event
distracted Lesbia's mind all through the last act of the Demi-monde. She
hardly knew what the actors were talking about.


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