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The "Humming-Bird" was triumphant, and when
her song was concluded she executed a startling _pas-seul_ full of
quaint and astonishing surprises, reaching her superbest climax, when
she backed off the stage on one portly leg,--kicking the other in
regular time to the orchestra. Lady Winsleigh laughed, and leaning
towards Thelma, who still sat in her retired corner, said with a show of
kindness--
"You dear little goose! You must get accustomed to this kind of
thing--it takes with the men immensely. Why, even your wonderful Philip
has gone down behind the scenes with Neville--you may be sure of that!"
The startled, pitiful astonishment in the girl's face might have touched
a less callous heart than Lady Winsleigh's,--but her ladyship was
prepared for it and only smiled.
"Gone behind the scenes! To see that dreadful woman!" exclaimed Thelma
in a low pained tone. "Oh no, Clara! He would not do such a thing.
Impossible!"
"Well, my dear, then where is he? He has been gone quite ten minutes.


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