"
"I suppose," said Carrissima, hoping that she was not betraying her
disappointment, "we must wait for another day."
"Nonsense!" exclaimed Colonel Faversham. "Why shouldn't you keep to
your arrangement? What is to hinder it, I should like to know."
"Do you mind, Carrissima?" asked Mark, gazing eagerly into her face.
"Not at all," she said, and a few minutes later Colonel Faversham stood
on the doorstep, looking after them with obvious approval, as they were
driven away from the house in a taxi-cab.
CHAPTER XVI
BUYING A CARPET--AND AFTER
Mark and Carrissima had not gone far on their way together before it
became evident that they were not absolutely in harmony. His object
was primarily to purchase a carpet for his dining-room as quickly as
might be; while hers was to visit as many shops as possible and, in
fact, thoroughly to enjoy the afternoon.
"Where shall we go first?" he suggested outside the door of Number 13,
Grandison Square.
"Let me see!" she cried. "Tottenham Court Road will be the best."
So Mark directed the chauffeur accordingly, and, on getting out of the
taxi-cab, Carrissima ominously suggested that it should be dismissed.
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