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George, dumfounded, returned to his room for meditation.
He had lived for years in the same house with his Aunt Fanny, and it
now appeared that during all those years he had been thus intimately
associating with a total stranger. Never before had he met the
passionate lady with whom he had just held a conversation in the hall.
So she wanted to get married! And wanted George's mother to help her
with this horseless-carriage widower!
"Well, I will be shot!" he muttered aloud. "I will--I certainly will
be shot!" And he began' to laugh. "Lord 'lmighty!"
But presently, at the thought of the horseless-carriage widower's
daughter, his grimness returned, and he resolved upon a line of
conduct for the evening. He would nod to her carelessly when he
first saw her; and, after that, he would notice her no more: he would
not dance with her; he would not favour her in the cotillion--he would
not go near her!
He descended to dinner upon the third urgent summons of a coloured
butler, having spent two hours dressing--and rehearsing.


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