It was impossible to remain quartered on the dear excellent Dunsters for an indefinite time.

And then there were the lectures he had arranged to deliver in Paris.

A serious matter.
That lectures by Professor Moorsom were a European event and that brilliant audiences would gather to hear them Renouard did not know.

All he was aware of was the shock of this hint of departure.

The menace of separation fell on his head like a thunderbolt.