He had not objected to receiving a visit from Norah, on the implied understanding that she was to come down to him as his affianced bride.

He had not agreed to this in words; but silence gives consent, and Mrs.Davis felt that should it ever hereafter become necessary to prove anything, what had passed would enable her to prove a good deal.
Charley puffed at his cigar and sipped his gin and water.

It was now twelve o'clock, and he thoroughly wished himself at home and in bed.

The longer he thought of it the more impossible it appeared that he should get out of the house without the scene which he dreaded.

The girl had bolted the door, put away her cups and mugs, and her step upstairs had struck heavily on his ears.
The house was not large or high, and he fancied that he heard mutterings on the landing-place.