I thought I'd come and ask you.' He waited a minute.

'Of course, if I hadn't been so fortunate as to find you in, I should just have left a note.' He looked round the room.
* * * * * Obviously it was quite unnecessary for him to have called; he could have sent the note that he had brought with him.

She was flattered.

She thought that she liked his voice and the flash of his white teeth when he smiled.
'Oh, I'm glad I'm at home,' she said, in a gentle way that put him at his ease, and yet at an immense distance.

'I felt in the mood to stop at home and play the piano today.