In a way which suggests divers possibilities." The exchange of visits between Dunholm and Stornham had been rare and formal.

From the call made upon the younger Lady Anstruthers on her marriage, the Dunholms had returned with a sense of puzzled pity for the little American bride, with her wonderful frock and her uneasy, childish eyes.

For some years Lady Anstruthers had been too delicate to make or return calls.

One heard painful accounts of her apparent wretched ill-health and of the condition of her husband's estate.
"As the relations between the two families have evidently been strained for years," Lord Dunholm said, "it is interesting to hear of the sudden advent of the sister.

It seems to point to reconciliation.