from the corridor toward the wide doorway of the
room; and she greeted them cheerfully. "If you've
finished with each other for a while," she added,
" Arthur may find it a relief to put his thoughts on
something prettier than a trust company--and more
fragrant."

Arthur came to Mildred.

"Your mother said at lunch that perhaps
you'd-----"

"I didn't say 'perhaps,' Arthur," Mrs. Palmer
interrupted, to correct him. "I said she would. If
you care to see and smell those lovely things out
yonder, she'll show them to you. Run along,
children!"

Half an hour later, glancing from a window, she
saw them come from the hothouses and slowly cross
the lawn. Arthur had a fine rose in his buttonhole
and looked profoundly thoughtful.

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