“Well, the point is that I didn’t bring over any glad rags,” Billy explained. “Didn’t expect to need any, just knocking about by myself. But I’m going to run over to Paris when Trevelyan goes--I shall have just time to see the town before the crew gets here--and the countess that his sister is visiting is going to give a dance for her just about that time. Trevelyan insists that she’ll want me to come, when she hears from him that I’m with him, and so of course I’ve got to have the proper things ready.”