Come and take off your coat! We got in rather late or I
should have been downstairs to receive you."
"Tell me how you are!" Juliet said. "I don't believe I have ever seen you
looking so well."
"I haven't felt so well for years," Vera declared. "But I have promised
Edward all the same to go up to town and see his pet doctor and make sure
that the cure is complete. Personally I am quite sure. But Edward is such
a dear old fusser. He won't be satisfied with appearances."
She laughed on an indulgent note, and Juliet smiled in sympathy.
"Well, you've given him good cause for that, haven't you? And you enjoyed
the cruise? I am so glad you had good weather."
"It was gorgeous," said Vera. "I must write and tell Lord Saltash. He has
given me the time of my life. Have you seen anything of him by the way?"
"Only once," said Juliet. "He came over to congratulate us. But that is
some time ago. He may be at the other end of the world by this time."
"No, I think not," Vera said. "I believe he is in England. Was he--at all
upset by your marriage, Juliet?"
Juliet laughed a little. "Oh, not in the least. He keeps his heart in a
very air-tight compartment I assure you.
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