She drew him out of the secretiveness within which he habitually barred himself, and he felt thankful to her for his prisoner's hour of mid-day airing.

Mrs.Willoughby spoke to Clarice, mentioning a private view of an exhibition of pictures at which she had seen Clarice.
'Who was the cavalier ?' she added.
'Mr.Drake,' Clarice replied serenely.

'I met him there by accident.' Mrs.Willoughby looked puzzled, and repeated the name in an undertone.
'You don't know him, I think,' Clarice went on.

'He comes here.

Papa asked him to call.