and looked at the fire under drooping lids.
\"This is the hour I like best—don't you?\"
A proper sense of his dignity caused him to answer: \"I was afraid you'd forgotten the hour. Beaufort must have been very engrossing.\"
She looked amused. \"Why—have you waited long? Mr. Beaufort took me to see a number of houses—since it seems I'm not to be allowed to stay in this one.\" She appeared to dismiss both Beaufort and himself from her mind,
and looked at the fire under drooping lids.
\"This is the hour I like best—don't you?\"
A proper sense of his dignity caused him to answer: \"I was afraid you'd forgotten the hour. Beaufort must have been very engrossing.\"
She looked amused. \"Why—have you waited long? Mr. Beaufort took me to see a number of houses—since it seems I'm not to be allowed to stay in this one.\" She appeared to dismiss both Beaufort and himself from her mind,
