“How long can we – stay in – New York?”
“For quite a long time. You have not forgotten that I will have to buy you a whole new wardrobe of clothes.”
The way that Nelda drew in her breath told him that this was the answer she wanted and she had been afraid that he would send her off to England immediately.
“Until you have done all your shopping,” he said, “I think it wisest not to be in touch with any friends I have in the City.”
It was an explanation he had kept for Nelda, but actually he was thinking, like Mrs. Altman, that if it was known that he was staying alone with her, it might be disastrous for her reputation.
He had thought, after what Waldo had told him, that he would have to throw himself on the hospitality of the Vanderbilts.
Then, when he was saying ‘goodbye’, Mr. Altman
