Some say there was, and others deny it, as I gather from general conversation.

But I suppose it's at an end now, in any case.' 'Mrs.Waltham would see to that, you mean ?' said Mutimer, with a short laugh.
'Probably.' Rodman made his glass revolve, his fingers on the stem.
'Take another cigar.

I suppose they're not too well off, the Walthams ?' 'Mrs.Waltham has an annuity of two hundred and fifty pounds, that's all.

The girl--Miss Waltham--has nothing.' 'How the deuce do you get to know so much about people, Rodman ?' The other smiled modestly, and made a silent gesture, as if to disclaim any special abilities.
'So he called there to-day?
I wonder whether he stayed long ?' 'I will let you know to-morrow.' On the morrow Richard learnt that Hubert Eldon had been refused admittance.

The information gave him pleasure.