It was a Sunday evening in October, and in common with many other
young ladies of her class, Katharine Hilbery was pouring out tea.
Perhaps a fifth part of her mind was thus occupied, and the
remaining parts leapt over the little barrier of day which
interposed between Monday morning and this rather subdued moment,
and played with the things one does voluntarily and normally in the
daylight. But although she was silent, she was evidently mistress
of a situation which was familiar enough to her, and inclined to
let it take its way for the six hundredth time, perhaps, without
bringing into play any of her unoccupied faculties. A single glance
was enough to show that Mrs. Hilbery was so rich in the gifts which
make tea-parties of elderly distinguished people successful, that
she scarcely needed any help from her daughter, provided that the
tiresome business of teacups and bread and butter was discharged
for her. Considering that the little party had been seated round
the tea-table for less than twenty minutes, the animation
observable on their faces, and the amount of sound they were
producing collectively, were very creditable to the hostess. It
suddenly came into Katharine's mind that if some one opened the
door at this moment he would think that they were enjoying
themselves; he would think, 'What an extremely nice house to come
into " and instinctively she laughed, and said something to
increase the noise, for the credit of the house presumably, since
she herself had not been feeling exhilarated. At the very same
moment, rather to her amusement, the door was flung open, and a
young man entered the room. Katharine, as she shook hands with him,
asked him, in her own mind, 'Now, do you think we're enjoying
ourselves enormously?" . . . 'Mr. Denham, mother," she said aloud,
for she saw that her mother had forgotten his name.
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