Her sending the architect a sum of money which she could easily spare might be set down to natural generosity towards a man with whom she was artistically co-operating for the improvement of her home.
She came back to him again for a moment.

'Could you possibly get there before four this afternoon ?' she asked, and he informed her that he could just do so by leaving almost at once, which he was very willing to do, though by so forestalling his time he would lose the projected morning with her and the rest at the Palazzo Doria.
'I may tell you that I shall not go to the Palazzo Doria either, if it is any consolation to you to know it,' was her reply.

'I shall sit indoors and think of you on your journey.' The answer admitted of two translations, and conjectures thereon filled the gallant soldier's mind during the greater part of the journey.

He arrived at the hotel they had all stayed at in succession about six hours after Somerset had left it for a little excursion to San Remo and its neighbourhood, as a means of passing a few days till Paula should write again to inquire why he had not come on.

De Stancy saw no one he knew, and in obedience to Paula's commands he promptly set off on foot for the Pont-Neuf.
Though opposed to the architect as a lover, De Stancy felt for him as a poor devil in need of money, having had experiences of that sort himself, and he was really anxious that the needful supply entrusted to him should reach Somerset's hands.