'This is some man of business, I suppose--does he want to see me ?' 'Yes, miss.

Leastwise, he would be glad to see you if Miss Power is not at home.' Miss De Stancy left the room, and soon returned, saying, 'Mr.Somerset, can you give me your counsel in this matter?
This Mr.Dare says he is a photographic amateur, and it seems that he wrote some time ago to Miss Power, who gave him permission to take views of the castle, and promised to show him the best points.

But I have heard nothing of it, and scarcely know whether I ought to take his word in her absence.

Mrs.
Goodman, Miss Power's relative, who usually attends to these things, is away.' 'I dare say it is all right,' said Somerset.
'Would you mind seeing him?
If you think it quite in order, perhaps you will instruct him where the best views are to be obtained ?' Thereupon Somerset at once went down to Mr.Dare.His coming as a sort of counterfeit of Miss Power disposed Somerset to judge him with as much severity as justice would allow, and his manner for the moment was not of a kind calculated to dissipate antagonistic instincts.

Mr.Dare was standing before the fireplace with his feet wide apart, and his hands in the pockets of his coat-tails, looking at a carving over the mantelpiece.