Sir John Holdfast resigned himself with perfect equanimity; rose and extended a broad, sunburnt hand to assist the lady in her effort to hoist herself out of her chair. He further supported her filially to the door, wondering as he did so, how any one afflicted with so much difficulty in locomotion could hanker to find herself in the middle of a distracted crowd. It was fun enough at Warborough if you could roam the garden with a pretty girl ; but, to be able to get Lady Caroline from motor to tea-room, and from tea-room back to motor, it was as much as the most sanguine could expect.