Should She Have Left Him? — page 167: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

MRS. TREVOR-ALLEN’S INTRIGUE. 161 satisfaction in informing young Beestonmy, after she had sent her regrets for his mother’s dinner on the same night, that really, you know, she couldn't decline the Trescotte invitation to meet Lord and Lady Malcolm—the Trescottes were so exclusive, entertained so rarely, and then only the very nicest people, that really, you know, an invitation from them was like a command from royalty. All of which coming to the ears of Mrs. Courte- nay made the heart of that good lady warm to the young woman, though she had heard of the blue ribbon remark. She was heard by her husband to say that, with such a lieutenant, if Trescotte were not so foolishly obstinate, she could before the end of the season make everyone bow down to the Trescottes. Perhaps it was Trescotte’s refusal to be drawn into the contest that caused the gossip to swell higher and higher. If one won't fight back, one soon becomes the under dog. All this time Mrs. Trevor-Allen was a frequent visitor at the Trescotte house. Comicbookkss C@ 3