She returned evidently with difficulty from thoughts of her own.

He would have given his head to read them.
"No," she said hesitatingly.

"Why should we?
It is so jolly down here.
Everything's getting lovely." "I thought you wanted a bit of season! I thought that was part of your bargain with Philip ?" "Yes--but"-- she laughed--"I didn't know how nice Beechmark was." His sore sense winced.
"Doesn't Philip want you to go ?" "Not at all.

He says he gets much more work done in Town, without Mrs.
Friend and me to bother him--" "He puts it that way ?" "Politely! And it rests him to come down here for Sundays.

He loves the riding." "I shouldn't have thought the Sundays were much rest ?" "Ah, but they're going to be!" she said eagerly.