a shadow of suspicion that Coverly was the culprit. Underlying

in these dazzling crushes. Meanwhile across the garden couples, who

had been glad to escape from the close air of the great drawing

room, were wandering away under the roseate gleam of the Venetian

lamps, and shadowy dresses kept flitting along the edge of the lawn,

as though in rhythmic time to the music of the quadrille, which

sounded sweet and distant behind the trees.

Steiner had just met with Foucarmont and La Faloise, who were

drinking a glass of champagne in front of the buffet.

Great!（498）