She takes the dog for an airing before her brother is up.

Saul is a lazy beast," continued Hugh Rossiter, "and is seldom down before mid-day.

He takes his beauty sleep when the rest of the world is at work." Malcolm thanked Mr.Rossiter cordially for this advice, and then the Colonel came back to them; but as they walked back to the house he stole more than one glance at the young American.

The thin brown face was both intelligent and sagacious, and there was a keen, searching look in the brown eyes.
Why was this stranger so anxious to help him, he wondered.

Was it mere good-humour and a wish to please, or had he any private reason of his own for desiring to break off this engagement?
Had Leah Jacobi's strange beauty ensnared him too?
He seemed to know her habits as though he were a constant visitor in Gresham Gardens.