Why don't you go to see them sometimes?
Miles--" "Oh, Miles Herrick's all right.

I know that," he interrupted.
"It's very bad for you to cut yourself off from the rest of the world, as you do," persisted Sara sagely.
He was silent for a while, his eyes intent on the strip of road that stretched in front of him, and when he spoke again it was to draw her attention to the effect of the cloud shadows moving across the sea, exactly as though nothing of greater interest had been under discussion.
She began to recognize as a trick of his this abrupt method of terminating a conversation that for some reason did not please him.
It was as conclusive as when the man at the other end of the 'phone suddenly "rings off" without any preliminary warning.
By this time they had reached the steep hill that approached directly to the Selwyns' house, and a couple of minutes later, Trent brought the car to a standstill at the gate.
"You have nothing to thank me for," he said, curtly dismissing her expression of thanks as they stood together on the path.

"It is I who should be grateful to you.

My opportunities of social intercourse"-- drily--"are somewhat limited." "Extend them, then, as I advised," retorted Sara.
"Do you wish me to ?" he asked swiftly, and his intent eyes sought her face with a sudden hawk-like glance.
Her own eyes fell.

She was conscious, all at once, of an inexplicable agitation, a tremulous confusion that made it seem a physical impossibility to reply.
But he still waited for his answer, and, at last, with an effort she mastered the nervousness that had seized her.
"I--I--yes, I do wish it," she said faintly..