{{betlep089.png}} countess, and Betty's smile extended into laughter with the rest. At the close of the meal, Lucia led Betty upstairs again; but they were passed by Mr. Murchison, who patted Lucia's shoulder as he went up and said to Betty that he hoped she would have a pleasant visit. "Make her have a good time, Lucia," said he, starting up the second flight. "I'll try to do so," replied Lucia. The girls turned into Lucia's room and changed their frocks for comfortable kimonos. Had Betty been at home, she would have put on her thick bath robe; but she had brought her silk kimono as appropriate to this visit. Lucia's negligee was a pretty affair, and Lucia apologized for the absence of the maid by saying that she would be having her dinner now, she supposed. Lucia tossed her clothes on a chair and her bed, for the maid to put away, Betty supposed; but Betty carried hers into her own room and hung them carefully in a closet, not only because she had been taught to do so, for Betty was no angel or averse to letting things go at times, but because she wanted her garments to keep on looking well while she was here and she did not want to seem to impose upon the service offered. Betty did not mind [[89]]