Laura and Lady Isabel were in school together, and were on the same hockey team, they will have that excuse for clinging to us like burs.

“Lady Willisbeck would like very much now, for her daughter’s sake, to win back her place in society, although she did not seem to value it for herself. Long before her mother’s life became common talk, — because she was infatuated with your cousin Lyon, Lady Isabel chose Laura for her chum, and the two have worked up a very romantic situation out of the affair. You see I have cause for anxiety, David.”

He still held her hand, looking kindly in her face. “Is Lady Isabel the right sort?” he asked.

“What do you mean by ‘the right sort,’ David? She isn’t