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'I've made the cheque for five-and-twenty. You can cash it at your
milliner's,' said Maulevrier. 'I should not like Smithson to know that
you had been obliged to ask me for the money.'
'_Apropos_ to Mr. Smithson, do you know if he is in quite the best
society?' asked Lesbia.
'I don't know what you mean by quite the best. A man of Smithson's
wealth can generally poke his nose in anywhere, if he knows how to
behave himself. But of course there are people with whom money and fine
houses have no weight. The Conservatives are all civil to Smithson
because he comes down handsomely at General Elections, and is useful to
them in other ways. I believe that Smithson's wife, if she were a
thorough-bred one, could go into any society she liked, and make her
house one of the most popular in London. Perhaps that is what you really
wanted to ask.
'No, it wasn't,' answered Lesbia, carelessly; 'I was only talking for
the sake of talking. A thousand thanks for the cheque, you best of
brothers.'
'It is not worth talking about; but, Lesbia, don't play cards any more.


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