Again arms were about him, half lifting, half dragging him into a welcome shadow four doors up the street and propping him against the stone front of a millinery shop.
This time, her hat is sufficiently wide-brimmed and up to date in that respect, although when it comes to millinery in 1910, especially for such social occasions, there was no skimping on the decoration.
There had been nothing unfamiliar in the morning's events, for he was continually in the habit of serving Lady Vandeleur on secret missions, principally connected with millinery. There was a skeleton in the house, as he well knew.