He also omitted the adventure about his hair, for that was
quite extraneous, and said what fun they had all had over their supper
at half past two this morning."
"I think you were marvellously brave, Georgie," said she, "and most
good natured. You must have been sending out love, and so were full of
it yourself, and that casts out fear."
She spread the music open.
"Anything else?" she asked.
Georgie took his seat and put his rings on the candle-bracket.
"Oh yes," he said, "Olga Bracely, the prima-donna, you know, and her
husband are arriving at the Ambermere Arms this afternoon for a couple
of days."
The old fire kindled.
"No!" exclaimed Lucia. "Then they'll be here for my party tomorrow.
Fancy if she would come and sing for us! I shall certainly leave cards
today, and write later in the evening, asking her."
"I have been asked to go and see her," said Georgie, not proudly.
The music rest fell down with a loud slap, but Lucia paid no attention.
"Let us go together then," she said. "Who asked you to call on her?"
"Lady Ambermere," said he.
"When she was in here yesterday? She never mentioned it to me. But she
would certainly think it very odd of me not to call on friends of hers,
and be polite to them. What time shall we go?"
Georgie made up his mind that wild horses should not drag from him the
fact that Olga's husband's name was Shuttleworth, for here was Lucia
grabbing at his discovery, just as she had grabbed at Daisy's discovery
who was now "her Guru.
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