Chapter 12

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌⁠At the evening meal, which was the first time the whole four sat round the dining-room table together, Scrap appeared.

She appeared quite punctually, and in one of those wrappers or tea-gowns which are sometimes described as ravishing. This one really was ravishing. It certainly ravished Mrs. Wilkins, who could not take her eyes off the enchanting figure opposite. It was a shell-pink garment, and c