He had too much to tell.

He would keep his story till they should be alone together.

It was impossible that they should adjourn just yet to social solitude; the two ladies were under Gordon's protection.

Mrs.
Vivian--Bernard felt a satisfaction in learning her name; it was as if a curtain, half pulled up and stopped by a hitch, had suddenly been raised altogether--Mrs.Vivian sat looking up and down the terrace at the crowd of loungers and talkers with an air of tender expectation.

She was probably looking for her elder daughter, and Longueville could not help wishing also that this young lady would arrive.