Pansy hesitated a moment, glancing at Madame Merle. "I asked her to stay with me," said this lady,who had seated herself again in another place.
"Ah, that was better," Osmond conceded. With which he dropped into a chair and sat looking at Madame Merle; bent forward a little, his elbows on the edge of the arms and his hands interlocked.
"She＇s going to give me some gloves," said Pansy.
"You needn＇t tell that to every one, my dear," Madame Merle observed.