Dot and Irene were wondering what had become of you."
How had Irene started the overtures that led to this?
"Scandal, my dear Irene--I may call you Irene, mayn't I?"
"Yes, but don't go behind it, Mapp," said Irene, "or you'll see my model undressing."
"Well, Irene darling, I must be trotting, and leave you to your--" she hardly knew what to call it-- "to your work."
Nevertheless, one must have a good groundwork of knowledge of books in order to avoid mistakes such as poor Irene made in talking with young Corey.
Farther down the street was quaint Irene lounging at the door of her new studio (a converted coach-house), smoking a cigarette and dressed like a jockey.
Miss Mapp tried to steel herself for the hundredth time to appear quite unconscious that she was being addressed when Irene said "Mapp" in that odious manner.
The little chat that Irene apparently enjoyed in the conservatory would gladly have become an act of forgetfulness on her part had not Sir John reminded her of its existence a few days afterwards.