Mr. van der Luyden greeted Mrs. Archer with cousinly affability, proffered to Newland low-voiced congratulations couched in the same language as his wife's, and seated himself in one of the brocade armchairs with the simplicity of a reigning sovereign.
\"I had just finished reading the Times,\" he said, laying his long finger-tips together. \"In town my mornings are so much occupied that I find it more convenient to read the newspapers after luncheon.\"
Mr. van der Luyden greeted Mrs. Archer with cousinly affability, proffered to Newland low-voiced congratulations couched in the same language as his wife's, and seated himself in one of the brocade armchairs with the simplicity of a reigning sovereign.
\"I had just finished reading the Times,\" he said, laying his long finger-tips together. \"In town my mornings are so much occupied that I find it more convenient to read the newspapers after luncheon.\"
