His engagements hardly admitted of his dining with his relatives.

She had called upon him at the rooms he occupied in Victoria Street,--but of course she had not found him.

She could not very well go to his club;--so now she had hunted him down at his office.

From the very commencement of the interview Mrs.Hittaway was strong-minded.

She began the subject of the marriage, and did so without a word of congratulation.