Then we are always engaged.' 'Summer holidays are unknown to you, I suppose ?' 'Not altogether.

I had mine a few weeks ago.

Miss Nunn will be going away in a fortnight, I think.' Just before ten o'clock, when Barfoot was talking of some acquaintances he had left in Japan, Rhoda entered the room.

She seemed little disposed for conversation, and Everard did not care to assail her taciturnity this evening.

He talked on a little longer, observing her as she listened, and presently took an opportunity to rise for departure.
'Wednesday is the forbidden evening, is it not ?' he said to his cousin.
'Yes, that is devoted to business.' As soon as he had gone, the friends exchanged a look.