Tea was ordered, with two or three kinds of bread, thinnest slices of meat, and a little blanc mange, etc., their favorite repast after a journey; and, while the tea was drawing, Mrs. Dodd looked over the card-tray and enumerated the visitors that had called during their absence: Dr. Short???Mr. Osmond???Mrs. Hetherington???Mr. Alfred Hardie???Lady Dowry???Mrs. and Miss Bosanquet.