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Blithers
realised that his daughter was a creation and not a mere condition.
He wilted like a famished water-lily and went about the place in a
state of bewilderment so bleak that even his wife felt sorry for him
and refrained from the "I told you so" that might have been expected
under the circumstances.
Maud's telegram, which came at three o'clock in the afternoon, was
meant to be reassuring but it failed of its purpose. It said: "Have a
good time and don't lose any sleep over me. I shall sleep very
soundly myself at the Ritz to-night and hope you will be doing the
same when I return home to-morrow afternoon, for I know you will be
dreadfully tired after all the excitement. Convey my congratulations
to the guest of honor and believe me to be your devoted and obedient
daughter."
The co-incidental absence of young Mr. Scoville from the ball was a
cause of considerable uneasiness on the part of the agitated Mr.
Blithers, who commented upon it quite expansively in the seclusion of
his own bed-chamber after the last guest had sought repose.


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