Laurence because her dance card was so full, but at length she had to sit down to rest her feet. She was too well-mannered to remark upon how her old neighbor had changed. Perhaps travel really did bear harder upon the aged? His countenance, always reserved, now seemed ravaged and gray—a locked and shuttered house shattered by gunpowder and shot. He now used a gold-headed ebony cane to support his ageing step. But it was always safe to ask about his grandson. “So Teddy is still studying eidolonic mechanismics in Rome. Fancy! He has quite turned over a new leaf then, to be in his laboratory over Christmastide.” “He has progressed amazingly,” Mr. Laurence said. Mrs. Carrol, chaperoning the two girls, chipped in. “His delightful Christmas present has created quite a stir.” “It is rather a present to us girls” Amy declared. “So sweet of Teddy! As soon as Flo’s waltz is done I mean to have another turn.” The American hosts had taken the largest salle à manger at the hotel, the one hung all down one wall with mirrors.
