The _concierge_ came back with Mr. O----'s card.
I recollected my impulsive invitation and thought it very polite of them
to be so _empressés_. I went into the salon, followed by Mademoiselle
W----, where we found Mr. O---- seated at his ease in a _fauteuil_, his
feet reposing on the white-bear rug.
I apologized for having kept him waiting, but explained that we had been
at luncheon.
He (complacently), "Oh, that's all right; we have just arrived in Paris
and we came straight to you."