which he kissed with a practised air, and calling out from the threshold: \"I say, Newland, if you can persuade the Countess to stop in town of course you're included in the supper,\" left the room with his heavy important step.
For a moment Archer fancied that Mr. Letterblair must have told her of his coming; but the irrelevance of her next remark made him change his mind.
\"You know painters, then? You live in their milieu?\" she asked, her eyes full of interest.
which he kissed with a practised air, and calling out from the threshold: \"I say, Newland, if you can persuade the Countess to stop in town of course you're included in the supper,\" left the room with his heavy important step.
For a moment Archer fancied that Mr. Letterblair must have told her of his coming; but the irrelevance of her next remark made him change his mind.
\"You know painters, then? You live in their milieu?\" she asked, her eyes full of interest.
