He dislikes you.

I should take care to give M.de Chauxville a wide berth if I were you, Paul." She had risen, after glancing at the clock.

She turned down the page of her book, and looking up suddenly, met his eyes, for a moment only.
"We are not likely to drop into a close friendship," said Paul.

"But--he is coming to Thors, twenty miles from Osterno." There was a momentary look of anxiety in the girl's eyes, which she turned away to hide.
"I am sorry for that," she said.

"Does Herr Steinmetz know it ?" "Not yet." Maggie paused for a moment.