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I'll write you a cheque this
instant,' said Maulevrier goodnaturedly; but while he was writing the
cheque he took occasion to remonstrate with Lesbia on the foolishness of
card playing.
'I am obliged to do as Lady Kirkbank does,' she answered feebly. 'If I
were to refuse to play it would be a kind of reproach to her.'
'I don't think that would kill Lady Kirkbank,' replied Maulevrier, with
a touch of scorn. 'She has had to endure a good many implied reproaches
in her day, and they don't seem to have hurt her very much. I wish to
heaven my grandmother had chosen any one else in London for your
chaperon.'
'I'm afraid Lady Kirkbank's is rather a rowdy set,' answered Lesbia,
coolly; 'and I sometimes feel as if I had thrown myself away. We go
almost everywhere--at least, there are only just a few houses to which
we are not asked. But those few make all the difference. It is so
humiliating to feel that one is not in quite the best society. However,
Lady Kirkbank is a dear, good old thing, and I am not going to grumble
about her.


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