I hope to have the pleasure of introducing my husband." Mountjoy had his reasons for wishing to see the husband.

As he accepted the invitation, Miss Henley returned to accompany him to the inn.
Iris put the inevitable question to Hugh as soon as they were out of the doctor's house--"What do you say of Mrs.Vimpany now ?" "I say that she must have been once an actress," Mountjoy answered; "and that she carries her experience of the stage into private life." "What do you propose to do next ?" "I propose to wait, and see Mrs.Vimpany's husband to-morrow." "Why ?" "Mrs.Vimpany, my dear, is too clever for me.

If--observe, please, that I do her the justice of putting it in that way--if she is really Lord Harry's creature, employed to keep watch on you, and to inform him of your next place of residence in England, I own that she has completely deceived me.

In that case, it is just possible that the husband is not such a finished and perfect humbug as the wife.

I may be able to see through him.