Under a vigorous young oak-tree thickly festooned with lanterns Austin
found an unoccupied table. There was a great deal of racket and laughter
from the groups surrounding them, but this seemed to be the only
available spot; besides, Austin was hungry, and he said so.
Nina, with Selwyn on her left, looked around for Gerald and Lansing.
When the latter came sauntering up, Austin questioned him, but he
replied carelessly that Gerald had gone to join some people whom he,
Lansing, did not know very well.
"Why, there he is now!" exclaimed Eileen, catching sight of her brother
seated among a very noisy group on the outer edge of the illuminated
zone. "Who are those people, Nina? Oh! Rosamund Fane is there, too;
and--and--"
She ceased speaking so abruptly that Selwyn turned around; and Nina bit
her lip in vexation and glanced at her husband. For, among the
overanimated and almost boisterous group which was attracting the
attention of everybody in the vicinity sat Mrs. Jack Ruthven.
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