Floyd-Hopkins, was aware that it was her
maid who had furnished the Weekly Journal of Society with the vivid
account of the scandalous behavior, at her last dinner, of Major
Pompoly, who had to be forcibly ejected from the Floyd-Hopkins
domicile by the husband of Mrs. Jernigan Smith--a social morsel which
attracted much attention several years ago. Every effort was made to
hush that matter up, and the guests all swore eternal secrecy; but
the Weekly Journal of Society had it, and, strangely enough, had it
right, in its next issue; but the maid was never suspected, even
though she did appear to be possessed of more ample means than usual
for some time after. Mrs. Floyd-Hopkins preferred to suspect one of
her guests, and, on the whole, was not sorry that the matter had got
abroad, for everybody talked about it, and through the episode her
dinner became one of the historic banquets of the season.
The Willards, who were by this time comfortably settled at "The
Needles," their cottage on the cliff, it is hardly necessary to
state, were among those invited, and with their cards was included
one for Marguerite.
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