" Lady Tresham remarked, "our guest to-night seems scarcely likely to distinguish himself." Ernestine looked over her fan across the drawing-room. "I have never seen such an alteration in a man," she said, "in so short a time. This morning he amazed me. He knew the right people and did the right things - carried himself too like a man who is sure of himself. To-night he is simply a booby." "Perhaps it is his evening clothes," Lady Tresham remarked, "they take some getting used to, I believe."...

" Lady Tresham remarked, "our guest to-night seems scarcely likely to distinguish himself." Ernestine looked over her fan across the drawing-room. "I have never seen such an alteration in a man," she said, "in so short a time. This morning he amazed me. He knew the right people and did the right things - carried himself too like a man who is sure of himself. To-night he is simply a booby." "Perhaps it is his evening clothes," Lady Tresham remarked, "they take some getting used to, I believe."...