As Renée entered, he rose to his feet, then he looked at Cornelia and she knew by the expression on his face that he did not recognise her.
“Well, Archie, what do you think of my work?” Renée asked.
“Good God! You don’t mean to say that’s Cornelia? I swear to you I thought she was a stranger. By Jove, I would not have thought it possible.”
“Do you really think that Drogo will not recognise me?” Cornelia asked again.
“He will be a darned sight cleverer than I am if he does. Renée, you are a genius!”
“The material was there,” Renée answered. “She is very lovely, your little cousin.”
“I should jolly well think so!” Archie exclaimed, “but I never realised it before.”
“And now, Archie, I must tell you what I have already said to your cousin. From this moment the Duchess of Roehampton is
