"Get rid of her! You don't suppose she'll ever put her foot in this house. Not if I know it. I've detested that woman for the last ten years." Cheesacre could forgive no word of slight respecting his social position, and the idea of Miss Fairstairs having pretended to look down upon him, galled him to the quick.
"You'll have to dine with her at any rate," said Bellfield, "and I always think that four are better company than three on such occasions."

"Get rid of her! She'll never set foot in this house. I've detested that woman for the last ten years." Cheesacre could forgive no slighting of his social position, and the idea of Miss Fairstairs looking down upon him galled him to the quick.
"You'll have to dine with her at any rate," said Bellfield, "and four are better company than three on such occasions."
