Raising them, she perceived Mr.Le Mesurier coming towards her.
'I claim our privilege,' she said.

'I will lunch on Sunday, and meet your paragon, after all.' 'I am very glad,' he said impressively.

'Lunch at two.' Mrs.Willoughby waited until he was out of ear-shot, and turned again to Mallinson.
'It is best that I should see the man, and know something more of him than hearsay.

Don't you think so ?' A note of apology discounted the explanation.

Mallinson understood that the reference to Fielding was the cause of her change of mind.
'Do you value Fielding's opinion ?' he asked.
'Oh, I don't know.