... reading lamp, and tho most delightful little composite meal of chicken and tongue, and tart, and cream, and tea. It was pleasant to be among familiar things, after that long journey in stuffy ladies' carriages, with elderly invalids, whese chief talk was ...

... receiving invitations —Earl and Countess Cawdor, Viscount and Viscountess Emlyn, Lord James and Lady Stuart, Lady Mary Clive, Sir J. and Lady Knight Bruce, Lord and Lady Dynevor, Sir B. Hall, Sir G. C. Lewis, Hon. R. Windsor Clive, Colonel Somerset, Colonel Lloyd ...